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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Jackson at the Rajko Mitic Stadium

Micah Hamilton sparks Manchester City win at Red Star Belgrade

Micah Hamilton lashes home for Manchester City
Micah Hamilton lashes home for his first goal in Manchester City’s senior team, putting them 1-0 up at Red Star Belgrade. Photograph: DeFodi Images/Getty Images

Whatever else Micah Hamilton achieves in his career it will glisten with the honeyed memory he created 19 minutes into his Manchester City debut here.

Running in from the right, the 20-year-old elite development squad captain collected a Matheus Nunes ball and, from a tight angle, smashed past Omri Glazer. It sent Hamilton into ecstasy and racing for a corner of the Rajko Mitic Stadium, where the boy from Crumpsall, who joined the club as an under-nine, was mobbed by Nunes, Rico Lewis, Kalvin Phillips and the other stellar names in City’s XI.

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