Pep Guardiola lavished Rico Lewis with praise after the 18-year-old’s stunning performance in Manchester City’s 3-1 win at RB Leipzig.
A happy Pep claimed Lewis was one of the best players he had ever worked with.
He said the only thing he lacked was height, after an exceptional performance in the victory in Leipzig.
“Wow. An amazing, outstanding player, lucky to train someone like him,” Pep Guardiola told TNT Sports.
“I’ve worked with so many great players at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City but to find someone like him, not scared, defending really good.
“He needs to be a bit taller, mum and dad didn’t give him much to be taller.
“Apart from that he has everything.”
Lewis broke into the City team last season from the academy, although he didn’t play much in the run towards winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
However, the teenager is now knocking on the door for a starting berth in Sunday’s crunch Premier League game at title rivals Arsenal.
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Phil Foden added: “I thought he was brilliant today in midfield.
“Rico has the courage to play at such a young age, and it’s nice to have a Man City academy player on the pitch with me today, so I’m happy for him!”
Who knows, Rico could still grow taller since he has some years away from end of males’ growth period.
