City ensured a 100% maximum record in Group G courtesy of a 3-2 victory at Rajko Mitic Stadium.
Pep Guardiola made nine changes as he shuffled his pack in the final qualifying game before the Round of 16 but it didn’t affect the quality of performance as City dominated from first minute to last in Belgrade.
And what a night for the City Academy, too.
Micah Hamilton opened the scoring, becoming in the process the youngest player to score on his Champions League debut for City.
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Fellow graduate Oscar Bobb also scored his first goal for the Blues at senior level while Mahamadou Susoho also came on for his debut. Kalvin Phillips, one of the plethora of changes to the starting XI, also scored with a thumping late penalty.
It was a wonderful evening and a perfect prelude as we now look ahead to the qualifying stages of the competition.
Check out the best of the action from our immersive Pitcam angle via the video above…
