Kelechi Iheanacho scored a
hat-trick and earned praise from manager Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester
City crushed Aston Villa in the FA Cup.
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick against Aston Villa proves the club were right to allow established stars Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic to leave. The
19-year-old striker took full advantage of Sergio Aguero being rested
to score three times in the FA Cup fourth-round tie at Villa Park on
Saturday, with Raheem Sterling netting the other in an easy 4-0 win.
Dzeko and Jovetic joined Serie A sides Roma
and Inter respectively at the start of the season and Pellegrini
believes Iheanacho is showing that allowing the more experienced pair to
go was the right decision.
"Kelechi is a very good young player," the Chilean told BBC Sport.
"We let Jovetic and Dzeko go because I see Kelechi every day and know what he can do. I am very happy.
"We made some important changes because it is important to rotate with so many matches to play. Bacary Sagna played well at centre-back, he didn't make any mistakes and [Willy] Caballero was solid in goal."
Sterling
wanted to take the penalty which put City two goals up, but it was
Pellegrini who insisted on Iheanacho doing the honours from 12 yards. The
manager added: "I told Bacary Sagna to tell Kelechi to take the
penalty. I see him take penalties every day, so he was in charge."
The
win means City, who are back in action at Sunderland in the Premier
League on Tuesday, are still in contention to win all four major
trophies they are competing for this season.
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