20-year-old Micah Hamilton will forever remember his Manchester City debut after scoring a stunning goal for Pep Guardiola’s side against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The youngster has progressed through the childhood academy ranks at City and was finally handed his first-team debut in Serbia for the club’s final group stage game.
City manager Guardiola made a host of changes with the reigning European champions already qualified for the next round of the Champions League, with Hamilton getting the nod to start on the wing.
Holding his run on the right-wing, Hamilton was played into space by Matheus Nunes and took a touch before rounding the opposing defender and smashing his shot into the roof of the net.
Red Star goalkeeper Omri Glazer stretched helplessly to get a hand to the powerful shot, with City players and coaching staff on the bench rising to celebrate the rising star’s first senior goal.
Manchester City youngster Micah Hamilton (middle) scored on his senior debut for the club on Wednesday
Hamilton fired City ahead against Red Star Belgrade in their final Champions League clash on Wednesday
Commentating on the match for TNT Sports, Robbie Savage hailed the goal and described it as a ‘beautiful moment’.
‘What a moment for Hamilton. Just talking about intensity, just think he held his run as well, intelligent, little shift and look at that for a strike.
Robbie Savage hailed Hamilton’s first goal for Man City as a ‘special moment’
‘Power beats the goalkeeper, he just moves it and then smashes it in at that near-post.
‘It’s a great strike, above the goalkeeper, pace on shot beats goalkeeper, City’s first shot on target results in a goal.
‘What a moment for the youngster and I’m sure whatever the scoreline, he will want to win the game, but after the game and he turns his phone on the messages he will be getting.
‘On his first start in champions league game, to score a goal with that confidence, what a beautiful moment,’ he added.