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Phil Foden Scores Manchester City's 1,000th Goal Of The Pep Guardiola Era

Manchester City have now recorded exactly 1,000 goals since hiring Pep Guardiola as manager in the summer of 2016. Phil Foden scored City's landmark goal.

Robert Summerscales

Phil Foden Scores Manchester City's 1,000th Goal Of The Pep Guardiola Era
Phil Foden Scores Manchester City's 1,000th Goal Of The Pep Guardiola Era /

Manchester City have now recorded exactly 1,000 goals since hiring Pep Guardiola as manager in the summer of 2016.

Phil Foden scored City's landmark goal with a deflected volley during Wednesday's 3-0 win over West Ham United.

Foden's 85th-minute strike came after Nathan Ake and Erling Haaland had earlier found the net at the Etihad Stadium.

Wednesday's game was Guardiola's 404th game as City boss.

He has guided his team to victory in 294 of those games, drawing 53 and losing 57.

Guardiola's City side have conceded 331 times, meaning their goal difference is currently +669.

Since Guardiola came to Manchester in 2016, City have been the highest-scoring Premier League team across all competitions.

Liverpool have scored 797 times during the same period, while Tottenham and Arsenal have netted 713 and 706 goals respectively.

Pep Guardiola pictured applauding his Manchester City players during their 3-1 win over Aston Villa in February 2023
Manchester City have scored 1,000 goals in 404 games under manager Pep Guardiola :: IMAGO/News Images/Mark Cosgrove

Fifty-one of City's 1,000 goals under Guardiola have come courtesy of Haaland, who set a new Premier League record during Wednesday's win.

Haaland became the first player in EPL history to score 35 league goals in a single season.

READ MORE: Erling Haaland Breaks Premier League Record For Most Goals In One Season

Phil Foden pictured (left) celebrating after scoring the final goal of the game in Manchester City's 3-0 win over West Ham in May 2023
Phil Foden (left) and Erling Haaland both scored landmark goals as City beat West Ham 3-0 :: IMAGO/Colorsport
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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.