Iheanacho praises Sterling, hopes to break into Manchester City first team
The Nigerian provided an assist for debutant Raheem Sterling before scoring one against Roma and is hopeful he can break into the Citizens’ main side based on his hard work
Kelechi Iheanacho hopes to break into theManchester City first team this season after providing an assist and scoring another in Tuesday’s penalty shootout victory over Roma in Melbourne.
The Citizens opened scoring after Iheanacho sent debutant Raheem Sterling through on goal with a well-placed pass early in the third minute before he scored in the 51st minute when Ashley Cole misplaced a back pass.
However, Miralem Pjanic and Adem Ljajic both scored either side of the City goals to end the game 2-2 before the former English champions won 5-4 on penalties.
Speaking on his hopes for the new 2015-16 season, Iheanacho insisted he is in a good position to finally make his senior team debut.
“I hope to play because I've been training hard, working hard with them during the pre-season. So I hope to break into the first-team,” he said.
The 18-year-old was also full of praise for his team mate who just made a big money move to City.
“[Sterling's] a very good player and I feel very honoured playing with him. He's a very good player, intelligent and skilful and quite strong,” Iheanacho offered praise.
City coach Manuel Pelegrini also had a good thing to say about the impact of the Nigerian forward, one of two young players who started the game.
“Well I think that the big positive from this game was to play two very young players in Kelechi Iheanacho and Manu Garcia. I thought they both had a very good performance today,” Pelegrini said
Source: punch
Please Always Try To Comment And Share Our Updates. This Is All We Ask Of You. Thanks And God Bless. Don't Forget To Tell Someone About Our Site Today And Kindly Come Back In Few Minutes For More Hot Updates. Show Conversion Code Hide Conversion Code Show Emoticon Hide Emoticon