But that was just one of a number of excellent contributions in the match from the 19-year-old, who misplaced just one of his 30 passes, created one chance and was successful with three of his five attempted dribbles throughout the 65 minutes he was on the pitch.
Nico's obviously learned from previous games and I think he approached the game with the mentality of 'this is Barcelona' regardless of who he was playing against, I think he realised it was Barcelona at the end of the day, said Lescott (via Man City's official website).
If he goes into every game with that mindset, he'll come out on top because again he showed a lot more glimpses than in previous games of what he's capable of.
Guardiola was asked about O'Reilly's ability to make the jump to senior football after the Barcelona match, bluntly responding...
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