Youngsters Micah Hamilton and Oscar Bobb score in flawless group stage victory for Manchester City to put them top of Group G.
They end the group 6-0 with FK Crvena zvezda ending the group winless. RB Leipzig join Manchester City in the round of 16 knockout stages.
A clip going viral shows current boss Pep Guardiola giving advice to a young ball boy in a Premier League game from 2017, who turns out to be a 15 year old Micah Hamilton who scored on his debut game for the Citizens on the 13th of December.
Manchester City lined up with a weaker side giving two debuts to Oscar Bobb and Micah Hamilton and later on in the game a debut to Mahamadou Susoho who replaced Mateo Kovacic.
This game made history for Manchester City as Kalvin Phillips scores his first Manchester City goal of the season giving them the win to make it the first time in their clubs history to win all SIX of the Champions League group stage games.
This came during the last group stage of the Champions League as from 2024, the format is being changed to a swiss elimination format which has been popularised through Esports giving the better teams the advantages throughout the tournament.
Manchester City go to face one of the eight teams who placed second in their groups –
- Copenhagen (DEN),
- Inter (ITA)
- Lazio (ITA)
- Leipzig (GER)
- Napoli (ITA)
- Paris (FRA)
- Porto (POR)
- PSV Eindhoven (NED)
The draw takes place on the 18th of December with the games commencing in February 13th-21st to see who can make it to the quarter final of the Champions League with Manchester City fans confident with whoever they get in the knockout stage being the current holders of the Champions League.
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