Pep Guardiola leapt to the defence of Rico Lewis after the Manchester City defender’s “unnecessary” sending-off in their Club World Cup opener on Wednesday. Lewis was dismissed two minutes ...

Rico Lewis will miss Manchester City’s final Club World Cup group game and their last-16 tie after his three-match suspension for an opening day sending off was upheld. The 20-year-old was show ...

Guardiola was full of compliments for Lewis after the game, saying: “Rico is a pocket (player), 8, 10, he moves really well in small spaces. Sometimes when we play not good like this season it ...

The 20-year-old was a near ever-present before Christmas but looked jaded and has since found starts more difficult to come by in recent months - with Matheus Nunes now preferred at full back.

Manchester City defender Rico Lewis was shown a straight red card in the 60th minute of his side's Club World Cup opener.

Rico Lewis’s goal for Manchester City against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup on Sunday means that the teenager has etched his name in the club’s record books.