Rico Lewis has taken inspiration from Manchester City - and now England - teammate Kyle Walker as he continued to develop into one of the country's most exciting prospects.
Why Rico Lewis was frustrated with his Man of the Match performance for Man City vs Young Boys
25.10.2023 - 22:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rico Lewis' meteoric rise at Manchester City continued with a Player of the Match performance in the Champions League at Young Boys - but the teenager was more frustrated with one particular aspect of his game at full time.
Lewis started a second-successive Champions League game after shining in midfield in Leipzig earlier this month, this time lining up in his more familiar inverted right-back role in Switzerland. He reacted well to close attention from the Young Boys midfield, and his composure earned him the Player of the Match award by UEFA's Technical Observer Panel.
However, speaking after the game, Lewis' mind immediately went to the goal City conceded - a simple ball down the middle for Meschack Elia to score - and his role in the sloppy defending that allowed the chance.
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"I've been wanting this for a while," he said of his personal award to TNT Sports. "Today I'm a bit frustrated with myself for the goal against us, I could have done better but after five minutes I let it go, tried to create more chances for us, created a little chance for Erling and got back into the game. I'm buzzing."
Lewis also praised his teammates for taking their chances in the second half in some testing circumstances on an artificial pitch, while defending two-goal striker Erling Haaland for his mixed evening that ended with two goals but saw him miss a number of chances.
"It was a difficult game, a different challenge," he said. "The surface, weather, they're used to the environment. Wer'e so good at adapting and we played so well in the first half. It was a
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