Man City Next Big Hope, Eligible For Nigeria, England & Germany, On Target Against Bayern

Published: July 29, 2018

Lukas Nmecha netted his first goal in pre-season as Manchester City came from two goals down to defeat Bundesilga champions Bayern Munich at the Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida) on Saturday.

Two players of Nigerian descent started the game, David Alaba for the Germans and Nmecha for the English champs, while City trio Tosin Aderabioyo, Tom Dele-Bashiru and the 17-year-old central defender Nathanael Ogbeta watched proceedings from the bench.

Bayern Munich established a two-goal lead after 24 minutes thanks to strikes from Meritan Shabani and Arjen Robben, before Bernardo Silva halved the deficit just before half-time.

On 51 minutes, Nmecha finally got on the score-sheet, profiting from a rebound after Bayern Munich goalkeeper Sven Ulreich parried a long-range strike form Foden.

The 19-year-old would have opened the scoring in the 12th minute but saw his shot rattle the post after beating the goalkeeper.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Lukas Nmecha is eligible to represent the senior national teams of Nigeria, Germany and England.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

Photo Credit : twitter.com/LukasNmecha