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'I've hurt it again' - Phil Foden says he damaged injured foot in Man City win vs Newcastle

Phil Foden is hoping a few days of rest can help his foot as he continues to battle a niggling problem.

The Manchester City star exacerbated a problem in his foot in the Manchester derby back in January, and while he tried to play on with it he realised he had to ask for time off from playing or training for it to heal. Foden has had to bide his time after missing three games completely through injury while Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez starred for the team, but four goals in the last week have shot the 22-year-old back into Pep Guardiola's first-team plans.

A second man-of-the-match performance of the week in the 2-0 win over Newcastle helped the team to their third consecutive victory, although also saw the player suffer more damage to his foot. The last few months have taught Foden better how to manage an issue that has taken time to learn how best to treat it.

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"It was the derby, I had it just before but it wasn’t too serious then. I damaged it a bit more against United," he said. "Unfortunately today I’ve kind of hurt it again today but now I need to rest up. We’ve got two days off now so hopefully I’ll have the chance to rest it.

"We are always playing and there is no time to rest, sometimes your feet just need to rest and that was it really. It goes through moments, it’s one of those injuries where physios can't really help, it goes when it goes, you have to learn how to manage it.

"Whether it’s not training as much, just doing partial training, trying to look after it, I’m just trying to find that balance, trying to keep feeling good. Obviously when I’m not on the football pitch, I’m very frustrated but I feel like every player goes

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