Despite almost constant pressure from City, Brentford took the lead with Neal Maupay's goal in the 21st minute, but Foden equalized just before the end of the first half, then added two more wonderful goals, giving the visiting team control of the ball in another match in which they dominated and dominated.
Liverpool, which lost to Arsenal yesterday, Sunday, leads the standings with 51 points from 23 matches, but City raised its score to 49 points from 22 matches, compared to 49 points for Arsenal from 23 matches.
Brentford won back and forth over City last season, beating them 1-0 in London in the last match in May after the title had already been decided, after a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium in November with two goals by Ivan Toney.
Achieving victory again seemed unlikely for Brentford, as Julián Alvarez fired two shots that were blocked by Mark Flecken, who then made a better save against Kyle Walker's long-range shot, which deflected before it reached the goal.
Brentford scored first after Let It Be launched a goal kick, but Nathan Ake, under pressure from Tony, failed to clear it, so Maupay raced towards the goal and calmly placed the ball in the bottom corner after 21 minutes.
Maupay did not score while he was at Everton, but he has now scored five goals in his last five matches in all competitions during his loan period to Brentford.
Erling Haaland had an opportunity to equalize immediately, but Let him save the shot with his feet again, before saving a shot from Yusko Gvardiol again.
City equalized in stoppage time when Foden took advantage of a weak clearance with a header to send it into the net from his team's 17th shot on goal in the first half.
Foden was clinical again to put the defending champions ahead after Kevin De Bruyne sent a perfect cross to the unmarked midfielder and into the net in the 53rd minute.
An enthusiastic Brentford tried to equalize after several attempts, but Foden thwarted the opponent's awakening and completed his hat-trick 20 minutes before the end with another perfect shot after exchanging the ball with Haaland.
City's conversion of the result was not surprising, as it won its last three away matches in the league despite falling behind, while Brentford's record is the worst in the league in terms of wasting the lead, as it cost them 26 points this season.
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