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Micah Hamilton admitted he was struggling to take everything in after his dream goalscoring debut for Manchester City in the Champions League.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old former club ball boy grasped his opportunity as manager Pep Guardiola made wholesale changes for Wednesday\u2019s final group stage dead rubber at Red Star Belgrade.<\/p>\n
Hamilton opened the scoring in the first half with a superb strike and also won a late penalty as holders City triumphed 3-2 to wrap up Group G with six wins from six.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t even know what to say,\u201d the academy graduate told the club\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started just trying to ease into the game and then the moment came and I just took the opportunity. I didn\u2019t know what to do to celebrate!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not even sunk in yet. I\u2019m just taking it all in. It\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manchester-born Hamilton joined City at the age of nine and has worked his way through the club\u2019s ranks.<\/p>\n
Injury has hindered his progress but he shone in Belgrade alongside two other recent academy products in Rico Lewis and Oscar Bobb, the scorer of City\u2019s second goal.<\/p>\n
Hamilton said: \u201cI\u2019ve played with (Rico) right through the age groups and now to be doing it on the big stage is something mad, and the same with Oscar. I played with him last season.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo top players. To have them there by my side felt so good.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe academy system is top at City and especially when you train with the first team day to day, you improve every day. They make you feel comfortable and welcome and I just felt myself on the pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just going to keep my head down, keep working and hopefully chances will come.\u201d<\/p>\n
The strikes from Hamilton and Bobb gave City a 2-0 lead before Hwang In-beom pulled one back. Kalvin Phillips, making a rare start, restored a two-goal cushion with an 85th-minute spot-kick before Aleksandar Katai headed a late consolation.<\/p>\n
It was Phillips\u2019 first goal for the club having struggled to establish himself since his move from Leeds last year. The England midfielder has been linked with a move away in January but Guardiola did not want to fuel any speculation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what is going to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cNow he is here. There are a lot of games until the end of January, hopefully he can help us.\u201d<\/p>\n