Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is adamant Phi Foden deserves to be a contender for this season's Player of the Season awards.
Foden and City go to Crystal Palace today on the back of his hat-trick in the midweek win against Aston Villa.
Guardiola said: I think he is a contender, like many others.
There are many, many players who play really, really good all season. Not just Phil.
But I think he can be a contender, for sure, because of the numbers, consistency and the level of his game.
Always he has [an] incredible work ethic.
You see the last game he played [against Villa]? He was fouled, it was not given, he go down, stand up, press, recover the ball and net.
Always Phil had that. From the day one, at 16/17 years old training, having an incredible dynamic and he still has it.
But of course, football [is] defensive [and] offensive. Like I said before, your quality depends on the performance of your mates.
How you move depends on the decisions of your mates, you have to take a decision quicker and after, smarter.
And always there is margin to improve."