Phil Foden wants to prove that he is also an irreplaceable factor like Kevin De Bruyne or Erling Haaland. The more he plays, the more he improves each year. Before, he was a kid with potential and is now a world-class player. He can play anywhere, especially in central positions. PlayingBeing able to play in the center of midfield and attack gives him maximum comfort and creativity. While De Bruyne was out of action due to injury, Foden and Alvarez were continuously placed in this position by Pep. Since then, Foden has found a new position that suits his abilities. He is so excellent.
He formed quite a fierce competition for the coach's trust, which made him grow. Because it must be recognized that when a team has internal competition between players it will make players work harder to occupy the main place in the squad. Manchester City have an almost even depth of squad and that's where the competition occurs which requires them to show the best of their game, otherwise they will be on the bench and not get the main place.
Arsenal cannot show similar performances in the matches they play. This makes it difficult to predict Arsenal's matches. I thought the Newcastle game would be very difficult for Arsenal, but it wasn't like that. Arsenal took the lead 2-0 in the 24th minute. Newcastle could not show much presence on the road and conceded 4 goals.
I guess you did not watch how Newcastle played in their last few matches. Newcastle played inconsistently this year, they conceded so many goals in the last few matches. They could not even win against Luton few weeks ago and conceded by 4 goals. If you knew how Newcastle played (at least in the last few matches), I believe you will not say that Newcastle will be hard opponent for Arsenal. The odds for Arsenal for the match (1.35-1.38) is also a proof that Arsenal is much more superior than Newcastle.
Arsenal won with a convincing score in this match, they could create 4 goals and it was worth it for them. I agree that Newcastle are not playing like last season in this season, they seem to return to their usual appearance before last season. If they continue like this then they will drop further in the Premier League table. They are like confusion in every match they play, they are also very difficult to develop the game, that's what makes them repeatedly get negative results this season.