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17-year-old Rico Lewis becomes Man City's youngest ever Champions League goalscorer, he couldn't believe it
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Updated 21:47 2 Nov 2022 GMTPublished 21:34 2 Nov 2022 GMT

17-year-old Rico Lewis becomes Man City's youngest ever Champions League goalscorer, he couldn't believe it

Rico Lewis equalised on his first start for Manchester City and his celebration was a wholesome one.

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17-year-old Rico Lewis became Manchester City's youngest ever Champions League goalscorer against Sevilla and looked like he couldn't believe what he just done.

Bury-born Lewis, who has been with City's academy since the age of eight, has made a number of cameo substitute appearances for the first-team after impressing in pre-season.

With City already confirmed to have topped their group following last week's draw with Borussia Dortmund, Pep Guardiola handed Lewis a first start in their final Champions League group game.

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He produced a strong showing at right-back and capped off a fine display with a historic goal to open his account for the club.

With City 1-0 down to a Rafa Mir header in the first-half, Julian Alvarez played Lewis in behind and the galloping defender smashed the ball in past Bono at the near post.


He celebrated passionately and had a beaming smile on his face as he was mobbed by teammates. Lewis shared a moment with fellow academy graduate Phil Foden and had his hand on his mouth in disbelief.

Aged 17 and 346 days, Lewis is the second-youngest goalscorer in Champions League history and joins fellow Englishman Jude Bellingham in bagging in Europe's premier competition before his 18th birthday.

City finished the group campaign with a win after summer signing Alvarez got on the end of a gorgeous Kevin De Bruyne assist in the 73rd minute, before the Argentine laid on pass for Riyad Mahrez to secure the win.


Lewis played 85 minutes and went off to a standing ovation when replaced by Joao Cancelo.

Featured Image Credit: BT Sport

Topics: Manchester City, Sevilla, Champions League, Pep Guardiola

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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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