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Man City's Phil Foden Passes Concussion Check After Clash With Atletico Madrid Defender Felipe

There was concern for Manchester City's Phil Foden early in their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atletico Madrid after a clash with Felipe.

Robert Summerscales

Man City's Phil Foden Passes Concussion Check After Clash With Atletico Madrid Defender Felipe
Man City's Phil Foden Passes Concussion Check After Clash With Atletico Madrid Defender Felipe /

There was concern for Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden early on in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atletico Madrid.

Foden was on the receiving end of a strong challenge from Atletico defender Felipe, who came charging towards him to compete for a header.

It was Foden who got his head to the ball, but he ended up in a heap on the floor after Felipe clattered into him from behind.

The impact was so strong that some fans thought it might be worthy of a red card, which would have been Felipe's third sending off this season.

But although he gave a free-kick to City, German referee Daniel Siebert did not show Felipe a card of any color for the rash challenge.

Play was stopped for three minutes as Foden was checked for concussion to make sure he was fit enough to continue.

He was able to play on, albeit only after his head has been dressed with a bandage.

Felipe did receive a yellow card midway through the first half for a late tackle on Kevin De Bruyne.

When the ref was issuing the card, he indicated that it was a consequence of multiple fouls by pointing to the area of the pitch where Felipe had earlier flattened Foden.

Felipe was eventually sent off in second-half stoppage time after a mass brawl.

Remarkably, he was the only player to be shown a red card.

Stefan Savic escaped with just a yellow despite pulling Jack Grealish's hair and head-butting Raheem Sterling.

Phil Foden is tended to by Manchester City medical staff following a clash with Atletico Madrid defender Felipe in April 2022
Phil Foden is tended to by Manchester City medical staff following a clash with Atletico Madrid defender Felipe :: IMAGO/NurPhoto/Jose Breton
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ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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