Phil Foden's stunning goal that sealed his hat-trick in Manchester City's 4-1 win over Aston Villa has drawn comparisons to a similar Wayne Rooney strike in 2005.
The Man City star went down under a challenge just outside the penalty box, but got back on his feet to win the ball back before unleashing a thunderous left-footed strike that flew into the top right corner past a motionless Robin Olsen.
It has drawn comparisons to Rooney's goal for Manchester United in 2005, where he nabbed one of his best strikes for the Red Devils with an angry volley against Newcastle, moments after arguing with the matchday referee - which he declared to be the best goal he had ever scored.
In his post-match interview with TNT Sports, host Laura Woods told Foden that her colleagues Rio Ferdinand and Joleon Lescott were loudly encouraging of the City star.
Woods said: 'Every time you got the ball, these two were screaming Iniesta constantly. It was very embarrassing sitting next to them.
'The third goal, especially. We were chatting about this a second ago. Rio was saying it was almost like your Wayne Rooney moment, that something doesn't go right, you get angry, and you bang in a goal.'
Foden replied, saying: 'You know it's funny you said that because as I was celebrating I was walking with Jackie [Grealish], he also said about the Wayne Rooney goal, said "that's what it reminded me of".'
Later on, Ferdinand revealed: 'I ask Joleon a lot of questions, Joleon was at the club when Phil was coming through, and you always tell me about how he's obsessed with football, improving the little details of the game. And you can sense that when you're talking to him, can't you?'
Lescott added: 'Definitely. That is probably the biggest standout factor to
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