The Manchester City defender broke Karim Benzema's record in the Champions League

Manchester City defender Rico Lewis has become the youngest player in the Champions League to score a debut goal in his first match in the team's starting line-up, reports OptaJoe.

Rico Lewis, Getty Images

According to the source, Ricky Lewis broke the record of Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, who played his first match in the Champions League in 2005 at the age of 17 years and 352 days and scored a goal.

In the match of the 6th round of the group stage of the Champions League against Sevilla, Rico Lewis equalized in the match. At the time of the goal, he was 17 years and 346 days old. Lewis also became the youngest player for his club to score in the Champions League.

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