MANCHESTER :Erling Haaland capped a remarkable week with two goals in Manchester City's 3-0 drubbing of Manchester United on Sunday but the sight of Phil Foden opening the scoring was perhaps the most significant aspect of the derby win.

The England forward was voted PFA Player of the Season in 2023-24 when he scored 27 times in all competitions for City, including a double on the final day of the season against West Ham United to clinch a fourth successive title.

But Foden's form vanished last season and the goals dried up and before Sunday his last Premier League goal was in January.

His struggles were one factor in City's troubling campaign last season but there were signs on Sunday that he is emerging from his slump and that the joy, that manager Pep Guardiola said had gone from his

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