Man City Coach Manuel Pellegrini Reserves Special Praise For Iheanacho

Man City coach Manuel Pellegrini has hailed the performance of Kelechi Iheanacho in Tuesday’s win (via penalties) over Roma  at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The Flying Eagles midfielder got off the mark in pre-season with a goal in the 50th minute and was involved in Raheem Sterling’s debut goal in the third minute.

In his post match comments, Pellegrini reserved special praise for Iheanacho and Spain youth - teamer Garcia.

The Chilean manager said : “The big positive for me in this game was to see young players Kelechi Iheanacho and Manu Garcia – both of them just teenagers – have really good performances. ”

Kelechi Iheanacho has now scored 3 goals for the first team of Manchester City in unofficial games.

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