Classy hat-trick sends Phil Foden top of Dream Team rankings alongside Bukayo Saka

If you focus too much on one Manchester City superstar then another will inevitably make you pay.

With the spotlight on Erling Haaland (£7.6m) amid his first start since recovering from a foot injury, it was Phil Foden (£5m) who came to the fore against Brentford on Monday night with a classy hat-trick.

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The Bees took the lead on home soil via a route one Neal Maupay (£2.6m) goal but Pep Guardiola’s side rallied to extend their current winning streak to nine games in all competitions.

City’s No47 was undoubtedly the star of the show; he was on hand at the end of the first half with an opportunistic equaliser to breach a resolute Mark Flekken (£1.7m).

Foden then connected with a typically inviting Kevin De Bruyne (£6m) cross to head home from close range before he bagged the match ball with a slotted finish after a neat lay-off from Haaland.

Naturally, this accomplished performance translated to Dream Team success.

The hat-trick hero banked a whopping 21 points when all was said and done.

And his haul proved to be important as it was the exact number of points Foden needed to draw level with Bukayo Saka (£5.5m) at the top of the overall rankings!

Like Gareth Southgate, Dream Team bosses have the luxury of selecting bothGetty

DREAM TEAM TOP PLAYERS THIS SEASON:

• Phil Foden – 226 pts
• Bukayo Saka – 226 pts
• Joao Pedro – 216 pts
• Mohamed Salah – 212 pts
• Erling Haaland – 202 pts
• Jarrod Bowen – 200 pts
• Julian Alvarez – 197 pts
• Matheus Cunha – 192 pts
• Darwin Nunez – 187 pts
• Kieran Trippier – 186 pts

Needless to say, hanging onto Foden should prove very profitable across the next few Gameweeks.

Man City are the only Premier League team with two fixtures to fulfil in Gameweek 23: Everton (h) and Copenhagen (a).

Then in Gameweek 24, the defending champions are one of just three teams to pull double duty when they face Chelsea and Brentford (again).

Simply put, Foden will among the busiest players in the game this month and is therefore likely to break free of Saka and pull clear at the top of the rankings outright.

The 23-year-old, who features in 44.2% of teams, has now scored 13 goals in all competitions this season, not to mention ten assists, and he ranks first among midfielders for shots on target with 34.

A truly fantastic player and a top-tier Dream Team asset!

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