Nathan Ake praised Phil Foden after his glorious hat-trick for Manchester City in their latest 3-1 win against Brentford.
After the contest, West Ham United striker Michail Antonio claimed the Englishman’s “got it all” as he stole the show at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Sky Sports commentator Alan Smith also named the 23-year-old the Man of the Match after his spellbinding display on Monday night.
Nathan Ake hails hat-trick hero Phil Foden after Manchester City beat Brentford
The Manchester City midfielder managed to score his second Premier League hat-trick in his career after bagging a treble of strikes in the Manchester Derby at the Etihad Stadium last season.
While all eyes were on the return of Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland in the same starting lineup, the £225,000-a-week (Sport Rac) man grabbed the headlines with yet another stunning showing this season.
Manchester City defender Nathan Ake took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to celebrate his side’s victory against Brentford while also hailing Phil Foden.
“Start the week right! Phil Foden, on fire”, Ake captioned his post.
Phil Foden was unplayable against Thomas Frank’s side
Nathan Ake would presumably not have been stunned by how tremendous Phil Foden was in a central role for Manchester City, this time around against Brentford.
Floating in and out of various midfield roles in the game, from advanced to deeper areas, Foden was impactful, both as a controller and as a final third presence against the Bees.
The treble-winner exhibited his terrific positioning and movement on the night, as he was at the right place and the right time for his opener while ghosting inside the box to head home a phenomenal header to put City into the lead.
For Phil Foden’s third goal of the clash, his initial dummy bamboozled Brentford, giving Erling Haaland the space to play him in as he finished with aplomb past Mark Flekken.
