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MANUEL Pellegrini has heaped praises on Flying Eagles star, Kelechi Iheanacho who scored in City's win against Roma.
The Chilean who played down the importance of beating AS Roma on penalties following a 2-2 draw in City’s ICC 2015 opener in Melbourne.
At this stage of pre-season, the Chilean is more interested in performance and fitness levels but he did reveal his delight with the performances of two of his young charges.
Iheanacho and Spanish playmaker Manu Garcia were both personally name checked by the 61-year old as two of the shining lights in an entertaining game at the iconic MCG.
“I think that the big positive was to see two young players like Manu Garcia and Kelechi – they both really had very good performances,” Pellegrini said.
“After that, it was a good game for both teams. You are not playing to win the game, you are not making the substitutions of players who are playing bad or well, you are trying to give an average amount of minutes to all the players.
“Overall, I am very happy in the style we played with.”
