Champions League: Manchester City overturns a deficit, and teenager Rico Lewis makes history against Sevilla

Rico Lewis dominated the evening despite the absence of the prolific Erling Haaland. Julian Alvarez and Riyad Mahrez scored, but the night belonged to Rico Lewis.

Pep Guardiola made seven adjustments to his starting lineup, with 17-year-old right-back Rico Lewis taking his opportunity at the Etihad Stadium. The City was already assured of Group G's victory, while Sevilla secured third place.

With Sevilla's first corner kick of the game, Isco's delivery was met by Rafa Mir, who beat Stefan Ortega with a header. Rafa Mir gave Sevilla the lead with a perfect header past City's backup goalkeeper Stefan Ortega in the 31st minute.

Meanwhile, the first 45 minutes in Manchester were dull and actionless until Rafa Mir's header gave the visiting team a surprising lead at halftime.

Manchester City began the second half behind; therefore, Pep Guardiola chose to make a tactical substitute by removing Jack Grealish and replacing him with Rodri.

Then, City awoke, and academy graduate Rico Lewis quickly equalised the score with a powerful shot off Julian Alvarez's deft pass.

Rico Lewis is now Manchester City's youngest-ever scorer in the Champions League, demonstrating the defender's promising future.

Kevin De Bruyne was summoned off the bench by City in quest of a winner, and he delivered within three minutes, setting up Julian Alvarez with a magnificent assist - his twelfth of the season.

Alvarez subsequently tallied his second evening assist by setting up Riyad Mahrez's game-winning goal as City topped Group G.

Pep Guardiola praises Rico Lewis

Rico Lewis broke the record set by current Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema by scoring on his Champions League debut at the age of 17 years and 346 days.

Delighted by this performance, the City head coach said: "He got a standing ovation, and I'm happy for him. He's a fantastic player, so intelligent. We don't give presents here, not because he's a City fan or from the academy - he's had to earn them."

"We've seen it since the day he played a few minutes against Bayern Munich in pre-season. All the good players felt he had something special."

"The guys who want to stay and fight will have a chance. If they're not patient and listen to agents, they can leave. But you saw the reaction from the crowd, how they feel about having people from the academy playing for us."

Wednesday night's result means Manchester City has remained unbeaten in the group stage of this season's competition, recording four wins and two draws.