16 goals and 10 assists, Manchester City's prince ascended the throne strongly, 0 goals in 5 games, and the little spider is afraid of turning to Serie A

In a Premier League match yesterday, defending champion Manchester City, with Foden's goal, defeated Bournemouth 1-0, continued to bite Liverpool by one point, and maintained the pressure on the title rival.

In this season, Foden, known as the 'Prince of Manchester City', has played well, making 39 appearances, starting 34 games, scoring 16 goals and providing 10 assists, and is evolving from a rising star in the Premier League to a hottest superstar in world football. In fact, Foden's importance to Manchester City is not as simple as paper statistics, in this season, due to De Bruyne's injury, Giudsan left Barcelona, Manchester City's midfield playmaking ability plummeted, forcing the main right winger Bernard Silva to frequently return to the central midfield position, playing the role of playmaking midfielder, but Foden continued to improve, only to make up for the loss of Bernard Silva on the right wing.

In the middle of the season, the main center Haaland also fell into injury, and Foden was again, fully digging into his own goalscorer potential and constantly leading the team forward with goals. Just like this game, Haaland may have just returned, his form is mediocre, and he has wasted many great opportunities, and if it weren't for Foden's courage to show his sword, then after this game, Manchester City would probably be three points behind Liverpool.

However, a few families were happy and a few worried, and Foden's strong performance made another talented young striker in the team feel a deep sense of loss again, and he was the Argentine Alvarez.

If you only look at the statistics, Alvarez is not even weak with Foden, he has played 37 times this season, started 31 games, scored 15 goals, and assisted 10 times, purely from the point of view of efficiency, he even has to overshadow Foden, but unfortunately, as a Manchester City substitute center, his opponent can only be Haaland, and the Norwegian has scored 22 goals in 28 games in 29 appearances, and the efficiency is indeed above him.

Although Pep Guardiola experimented with Haaland and Alvarez at the same time at the beginning of the season, with Foden's maturity and the rise of Belgian winger Doku, after Haaland's return, Alvarez could only return to the bench, perhaps the gap between the main team and the substitute was too obvious, after this game, the little spider has not scored in 5 consecutive games.

For Pep Guardiola, the configuration of the wings is after all what he has been practicing at Manchester City for many years, and it is easy to use, and if you change the style of play for only one player, it will be a bit more than worth the loss. What's more, Alvarez is not like an English player like Foden, who came from Manchester City's academy, and in addition to the Argentine media, there is also a lack of public opinion support.

For the little spider Alvarez, at the critical age of 24 years old, he can only play a substitute, and he can't even fix a clear position, which is obviously extremely detrimental to development. Previously, there were reports from the Arab media that the Serie A giants Juventus are very interested in Alvarez, and Juventus is currently playing in the 352 formation, with two center forwards, once the team's striker Chiesa Jr. does not renew his contract, Juventus is likely to inquire about Alvarez, if it happens, it may be another Tevez-style transfer. Tevez was also reluctant to stay in the UK due to his living habits, and after logging into Serie A, he led Juventus to the Champions League, fully demonstrating his personal value.

Foden and Alvarez, two young talents of the same age but with different lives, will both reach a crossroads in their careers this summer, and whether they will move forward or backward is probably in their minds.