Rico Lewis admitted he couldn’t totally savour his first Premier League purpose after the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace he stated had left Manchester Metropolis “very disenchanted”.
The 19-year-old’s milestone second got here within the 54th minute on the Etihad Stadium as his end put Metropolis 2-0 up, including to Jack Grealish’s first-half strike.
At that time the hosts had dominated possession and seemed to be cruising to victory, however they ended up with solely some extent after Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled a 76th-minute purpose again for Palace and Michael Olise then equalised with a penalty within the fifth minute of stoppage time.
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Lewis informed Metropolis’s official web site: “We’re very disenchanted with the consequence, it’s unlucky with the efficiency we put in.
“We have been so good by way of controlling the sport and scoring two objectives, however on the finish of the day we’ve not received the consequence we got here for. The individuals in that dressing room wish to win each single recreation.
“It’s soccer and stuff can occur that you simply don’t count on, and that’s what occurred.”
On his purpose, he stated: “It was an excellent feeling within the second. However as quickly as we have been on to the following motion within the recreation, it’s type of forgotten about, and now I can’t get pleasure from it as a lot as I might have appreciated to.
“It’s a optimistic in a destructive, on the finish of the day we wished the consequence and we’ve not received it.”
It was a fifth time in six Premier League outings that Metropolis, fourth within the desk, have dropped factors.
Pep Guardiola’s treble-winners are subsequent in motion on the Membership World Cup in Saudi Arabia, taking part in Japan’s Urawa Purple Diamonds within the semis on Tuesday, with the ultimate and third-place play-off then going down on Friday.
Lewis stated: “It’s one other problem, one other recreation for us to react and present how good we’re and that’s the advantage of soccer, there’s all the time one other recreation.
“We have to present and show to everybody, and extra importantly to ourselves, that we are able to get the outcomes we deserve.”
In addition to conceding twice, a setback for Palace previous to their fightback was skipper Joel Ward having to come back off within the first half with a hamstring drawback, including to an already prolonged harm checklist.
Ward was changed by David Ozoh, the 18-year-old midfielder who in January grew to become Palace’s youngest ever Premier League participant.
He informed the Eagles’ official web site: “It was good to come back on and play in a recreation like this. To be trusted by the supervisor (Roy Hodgson) is a superb feeling – I’m actually joyful.
“They’re all robust video games, however I simply strive my greatest each time I get on the pitch. I simply wish to ship for everybody.
“I’ve been right here since I used to be 10. To have the ability to have a good time with the followers was nice. It was the most effective feeling ever. Hopefully there’ll be extra to have a good time like that.”
Hodgson’s males are fifteenth, eight factors away from the relegation zone.
