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Rico Lewis on Man City breakthrough: I know all this can go very quickly

Teenage fullback Rico Lewis isn't getting carried away with his breakthrough season at Manchester City.

The 18-year-old right back has kept the experienced Kyle Walker out of the City team on occasions since the World Cup and produced another strong display in victory against Tottenham on Thursday night.

Lewis said, "Every game for me is just a massive surprise. I don't expect to play any games so the games that I have been able to play already… it's just overwhelming really.

"I feel I belong but not really like it's like I'm part of the team. I feel that will come gradually but right now it's just playing games and doing as much as I can for the team.

"I never really feel like it makes much sense to shout about it because it can all go really quickly."

On Walker, Lewis insists: 'We've had talks about stuff and been pretty open about everything that happens between us like selection and things like that. He's really good at talking to me.

"He's not putting any pressure on me to do anything special, he's just telling me to concentrate on myself and do as much as I can."

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