Lewis makes the most of City debut
Rico Lewis made his first start for Manchester City, giving Joao Cancelo a rest and lining up at right-back. Except he was rarely playing in that position, instead inverting inside as Cancelo would. Likewise, Sergio Gomez also pushed inside to create a midfield trio that allowed Phil Foden and Cole Palmer to roam further up.
To make that happen, Lewis was needed to pull off a relatively complicated tactical plan that took Cancelo a year or two to master. Full-backs throughout City's academy are taught to invert nowadays, but it's one thing doing it at the Academy Stadium in front of a few dozen fans, and another being trusted in a Champions League clash at the Etihad. He deserves credit for slotting in relatively seamlessly, and his well-taken goal was the icing on the cake of a very encouraging full debut.
