News now: 'I'm a huge fan': Pundit left blown away by 'special' 20 y/o Man City wonderkid in Bayern

 James McAtee, who scored the opening goal for Manchester City in their 2-1 triumph over Bayern Munich, received high praise from Paul Dickov.

The club great weighed in on the 20-year-old's performance in the first half while speaking to City's official YouTube channel.

It's reasonable to say that Paul Dickov was pleased with the performance that Manchester City star James McAtee made on Wednesday against Bayern Munich.

Paul Dickov raves about James McAtee as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich

The teenager, who Pep Guardiola has dubbed a "special player," has started back-to-back games for the Sky Blues during their preseason trip.

The highly regarded midfielder against Thomas Tuchel's team seized the chance to score when Julian Alvarez's initial close-range attempt was stopped by Yann Sommer.

James McAtee, who gave Manchester City the advantage against Bayern Munich, was singled out for special attention by Paul Dickov.

Fantastic for him to have graduated from the academy, and a major deal for him to have really taken the tour. There is essentially only...Rico [Lewis] is a member of the first-team squad, and Oscar Bobb is a member of the squad of academy graduates. Look, I was a major James McAtee fan before he joined Sheffield United, so he'll be happy to hear that.

When speaking about Manchester City forward James McAtee during the first 45 minutes of the match against Bayern, Paul Dickov said, "But there were a handful of moments in the first half where he was a little bit clumsy. losing the ball, which allowed us to counter.

Despite what others may think, the best ones always succeed, don't they?

Photo showing James McAtee

Pep Guardiola may have a plan in store for James McAtee next season

It was revealing that Oscar Bobb started again in his team's match against the Bundesliga champions despite the Englishman having performed even better than him against Yokohama F.Marinos.

Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, certainly values the slick technician highly, as evidenced by the fact that his confidence in him was rewarded with the predatory goal against Bayern.

He was used as a creative midfielder in both games, so perhaps Guardiola will use him next season as an understudy to players like Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne, which would be a significant step up for the youngster.

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