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Kalvin Phillips completed a 380-mile round journey from London to feature in the Carabao Cup for Manchester City on Wednesday.

The midfielder made his first competitive appearance for City in 21 months, just a day after partner Ashleigh Behan gave birth to their second child. Phillips replaced Nico Gonzalez against Huddersfield Town, making a seven-minute cameo in his first outing of the season.

City won the match 2-0, thanks to goals from Phil Foden and Savinho in Yorkshire. After the game, Pep Guardiola revealed Phillips had made the trip shortly after becoming a father again on Tuesday.

"It’s a good moment he came back for a few minutes," Guardiola said. "He became a father to Ari Phillips and he came this morning from London.

"He is now going back to Lo

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