Phil Foden joins Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham to become the fourth England player to achieve an astonishing feat this season.
Phil Foden's impressive performance against Aston Villa has seen the Manchester City star join a talented group of English superstars.
The 23-year-old scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Unai Emery's side on Wednesday night to keep City's title hopes alive.
His first came from a pretty soft free kickthe second a low shot and the third a fantastic shot in the upper right corner, the best of all.
Foden The goals have increased their tally to 21 in all competitions this season so far, an excellent record at this stage of the campaign.
And now he has joined three of his compatriots in a group that boasts an impressive number of combined scoring contributions.
The City star is the fourth English player to score at least 20 goals and ten assists in the top five European leagues this season.
Harry Kane He leads the way for the Three Lions stars with 37 goals and 12 assists for Bayern Munich and Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins follows with 22 and ten.
Foden's 21 goals and ten assists place him third on the Three Lions list, with Judas Bellingham The next one is 20:10 for Real Madrid.
The only non-Englishman who also reached those levels is Mohamed Salah, who has a whopping 22 goals and 13 assists for Liverpool.
Foden is also another young England star who has contributed 30 goals this season and joins Bellingham and Chelsea's Cole Palmer in doing so.
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After completing his hat-trick midway through the second half, Pep Guardiola opted to substitute him in the final ten minutes of the victory.
City fans gave him a great reception as he walked away, and Troy Deeney waxed lyrical about his continued improvement.
Speaking as a commentator for talkSPORT, he said: “He gets better every time you watch him play.
“More mature, more skilled, more elegant, however you want to describe him. He's brilliant and he's definitely the man of the match today.”
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If Foden continues in such good form until the end of the season, he could prove key in City's defense of their Premier League and Champions League crowns.
He is also very likely to be named in England's squad for Euro 2024, with some of the Three Lions' current players boasting incredible numbers.
