Dias praises Luis’ quality after his performance against Sevilla

The teenager made history when he became the youngest goalscorer in the history of the competition’s newcomer, ousting Karim Benzema.

The visitors took a surprising lead in the first half thanks to Raphael Mir, but Louis’s powerful shot leveled the score before Julian Alvarez He put us in front with a quiet shot.

Riyadh Mahrez He added a late third goal to score the points, but Dias was particularly proud of Lewis’ performance.

“He’s definitely a great talent. He’s been with us for a long time. You can see his quality.”

“Great things come up on him, he just needs to keep working.”

“We wanted something else, not conceding, but unfortunately we conceded. It’s one of those matches. Everything was done and decided in the set, but it was still a game that we needed to keep up with.”

“In the second half it was a very good response from the team.”

The Portugal international, who played the full 90 minutes at the Etihad Stadium, was named UEFA Man of the Match for his confident performance in defence.

These are from Pep Guardiola They had already finished first in Group G before the sixth round and finished in the group stage undefeated, but Dias made it clear that despite having already qualified, the match against Sevilla was not one to rest and pick up his feet.

“At this club, it doesn’t matter if it’s a friendly match, the Champions League final or a group stage match with everything already decided.”

“We need to motivate each other. Just like in training, you can train a certain way or you can train to win things, that’s how we do it here.”

The defender also praised Kevin by Bruynewho had an impact when he came off the bench in the second half and scored a decisive pass for the green light goal with a beautiful pass to Alvarez.

“It’s one of those Kevin things,” Dias said. “It’s good to be able to count on him.”