Kelechi Iheanacho Excited With Goal Against Stuttgart

Flying Eagles forward, Kelechi Iheanacho has expressed satisfaction with his performance with Manchester City during their pre-season tour.

The Nigerian youngster starred in five of their six games, losing 4-2 to Stuttgart of Germany on Saturday as he was one of the goal scorers for his side at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

And he has exuded sureness in his performance in the pre-season where he featured in five games and also provided two goals and two assists.

"I thank God for my performance, it's a very good performance in pre-season," he told City TV.

"We've played six games, I've played in five games and I have two goals and two assists, so it's a very good performance for me and I'm happy with the performance."

"It's a tough game against a strong team [Stuttgart], so it was a very difficult game but we shouldn't have lost,” he added.

"Because we are the big team, quality players are playing but it's the game, you can lose or win.

"I composed myself, I scored the goal, we needed more goals in the second-half but we couldn't score as much.

"But I was happy to score in this game,” he concluded.

Iheanacho could feature prominently in Manuel Pellegrini’s squad in the new season after Stevan Jovetic joined Inter Milan with Edin Dzeko on the verge of completing his move to AS Roma. Goal