Foden Hat-Trick Powers City to 5-1 AEK Win — SkimNews
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- Phil Foden scored Manchester City’s second, third and fifth goals in a 5-1 win over AEK Athens on 20 October 2026, completing his first hat-trick since April 2024.
- Manchester City claimed their second Champions League victory of the campaign despite leaving Erling Haaland on the bench, with 17-year-old Floyd Samba deputising in attack.
- Phil Foden ended a 10-month wait for a goal with four strikes across consecutive outings; Rico Lewis assisted the first two goals against AEK.
- Elliot Anderson netted his first Manchester City goal in the 12th minute, steering home the rebound from Enzo Fernandez’s free-kick.
- Rayan Cherki restored City’s two-goal lead in the 57th minute, five minutes after AEK’s Stavros Pilios scored the visitors’ first shot on target.
- Marko Nikolic called AEK’s defeat deserved, saying City’s finishing in the final third was “brutal”; he noted the club was in the Champions League group phase for only the second time in 20 years.
- Enzo Maresca said the performance was not easy after PSG and praised the readiness of several players who had played few minutes despite his changes.
Why it matters: Foden’s three goals supply the headline, but City’s 5-1 win was also a squad-depth result: five goals with Haaland unused, Elliot Anderson’s first club goal and 17-year-old Floyd Samba deputising in attack. For Maresca, the match produced three scorers and the direct evidence he had cited—another way for City to score beyond Haaland.
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