Phil Foden shows Man City power shift with perfect response to Thierry Henry

Add Copenhagen to a growing list of games that Phil Foden has taken by the scruff of the neck and dragged Manchester City over the line to a crucial three points.

Everton away - Foden turned a tight affair into three valuable points for City with a smart goal and influential performance. Same at Brentford, where Foden's hat-trick flipped a 1-0 deficit into a 1-3 away win for the defending champions. At Copenhagen, Foden set up Kevin De Bruyne to silence the crowd early on, and popped up with a potentially tie-killing goal with the last kick. He could have taken the ball into the corner, but sensed the opportunity to give his side a crucial two-goal cushion.

Whether it is in his preferred central role or now out on the right, Foden is stepping up and making it impossible for Pep Guardiola to drop him. Importantly, Foden is proving to be the difference in the tight, tricky away games that have caused City problems in the past.

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To return to the small sample size above, City only won once in their away games at Everton, Brentford and Copenhagen last season, winning two of six games against the trio home and away. That away win came at Everton, which was a tight game towards the end of the season, and City had drawn against the Toffees earlier in the campaign. This year, City have taken three wins from three away from home, with Foden scoring or assisting six of the nine goals scored in those games.

He has 15 goals and 10 assists this season from 35 games, at a rate of one every 110 minutes. His distribution of goal