{"id":10084,"date":"2022-02-20T09:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T14:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/20\/manchester-city-release-statement-following-phil-foden-altercation\/"},"modified":"2022-02-20T09:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T14:02:45","slug":"manchester-city-release-statement-following-phil-foden-altercation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/20\/manchester-city-release-statement-following-phil-foden-altercation\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City release statement following Phil Foden altercation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Manchester City have released a statement following video footage circulated of young star Phil Foden and his family being abused at an event on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Foden and his teammates fell to a late defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the late kick-off of the Premier League, thanks to a brace from Harry Kane, who was of course keen to join the Citizens in the summer transfer window last year.<\/p>\n<p>And, hours later, Foden was attending the boxing match between Amir Khan and Kell Brook with members of his family when he was abused by a group of men, who members of his entourage subsequently got into a fight with.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So let\u2019s just imagine your Mum being punched by a complete stranger while you\u2019re trying to enjoy your night at the boxing and then people saying oh naughty Phil Foden got himself in a fight. What a bizarre country we live in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mcfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mcfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPfRAl6nsU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dPfRAl6nsU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Perry (@willperryTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willperryTV\/status\/1495354387874697218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the footage shows, it escalated from insults to someone throwing a fire extinguisher in approximately 90 seconds.<\/p>\n<h2>What the club said<\/h2>\n<p>Manchester City have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spbajko\/status\/1495385928805670920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">come out strongly<\/a> in defence of their talent, who has played 18 times in the English top flight this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The club is aware of a video which has circulated on social media showing Phil Foden and his family being harassed and abused\u2019 a spokesperson said. \u2018We are shocked and appalled about the nature of the abuse and ensuing assault on one of Phil\u2019s family members.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We will continue to give Phil and his family all the support and assistance they need.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen just what the fallout of the footage will be.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/explained-why-granit-xhaka-seemingly-turned-down-the-captains-armband-in-arsenals-win-over-brentford\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Explained: Why Granit Xhaka seemingly turned down the captains armband in Arsenal\u2019s win over Brentford<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Latest Betting Tips<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have released a statement following video footage circulated of young star Phil Foden and his family being abused at an event on Saturday night. Foden and his teammates fell to a late defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the late kick-off of the Premier League, thanks to a brace from Harry Kane, who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}