Neither Bruno Zuculini or Kelechi Iheanacho are fully-fledged Manchester City players just yet, but both were on the scoresheet as the Premier League champions got their US tour off to a winning start at Sporting Park.
Zuculini will officially join City once the Premier League ratify the Argentine’s £1.5million move from Racing Club, and highly-rated Nigerian striker Iheanacho can only loosely be referred to as a triallist after earning a place on the flight to America during last week’s training camp in Scotland.
The teenager came through the Right to Dream programme in Ghana, which has close links with City, and starred in last summer’s Under-17 World Cup.
Many have Criticized Iheanacho for choosing to go to city after a wonderful under 17 competition, instead, wishing he had signed for a lower rated club in Europe where he would get regular playing time
Dedryck Boyata and Aleksandar Kolarov were the other scorers as City eased to victory over the current Major League Soccer champions. Most of Pellegrini’s star players were still missing but there was another outing for new signings Willy Caballero and Fernando as well as some who might not be at the club much longer, such as Micah Richards, Scott Sinclair, Matija Nastasic and Javi Garcia.
Match Facts
SPORTING KANSAS CITY: Gruenebaum; Juliao, Collin, Besler, Sinovic; Olum, Lopez, Feilhaber; Sapong, Dwyer, Saad.
Scorer: Sapong 30
MAN CITY:Caballero; Richards (Clichy 45), Boyata, Rekik (Nastasic 75), Kolarov; Navas, Fernando (Garcia 65), Zuculini (Huws 75), Sinclair; Iheanacho (Denayer 90+1), Jovetic (Guidetti 65).
Subs not used: Wright, Lawlar, Leigh, Rodwell.
Scorers: Zuculini 3, Boyata 45, Kolarov pen 73, Iheanacho 89
Attendance: 18,484.
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