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PLAYER OF THE MATCH PHIL FODEN DESCRIBES WIN AS CITY’S BEST OF THE SEASON

Asked to sum up the display from Man City at Ipswich, Foden told Sky Sports: "It’s probably the best (performance) this season in terms of all round play… keeping possession, we defended well; so one of the best this year."

On what has changed in recent games to lead to this improvement: "I don’t know. We are just building momentum. Keeping players fit is important. We had a lot of injuries. People are in better shape, the team are bonding better. You could see that on the pitch today.

"When we score now we go for the next goal, keep possession and keep pushing. The build-up play was good today, Gundogan and Kovacic were important. They broke the press and kept the ball well."

On his own recent form with six goals in his last six outings after a poor start to the campaign by his own high standards: "I learned everything from it (a barren start to this season). It’s good to see me back scoring goals with a smile on my face and enjoying football. I’ve got a few goals recently and I want to keep going now and adding to that."

He continued: "It all seems to have changed for me in front of goal. I think I’ve been unlucky before this run, but if I keep arriving in the box with the players we’ve got, I’m going to get chances so I’m delighted to keep scoring."

On what City can go on to achieve if they keep up this level in the second half of the season: "Well, you never know what can happen, but the aim is just to try and stay in the top four at the moment. That’s the aim for now."