Micah Richards was delighted to see former Manchester City academy teammates Kevin Etuhu and Ched Evans make their senior breakthrough's in this week's Carling Cup victory over Norwich.
"It means 25 players have come through City's academy to play for the first team since it was set up in 1998, which is pretty impressive.
"I was bit disappointed that Ashley Grimes wasn't in the squad though because I rate him very highly, but I am sure his chance will come soon."