With Manchester City aiming for an unprecedented quadruple, Rico Lewis says winning the treble once “isn’t good enough.”.
Before defeating Inter Milan to win the club’s first-ever Champions League title, Pep Guardiola’s defending Premier League champions added the FA Cup in June.
There is little chance that City will stop after winning the treble, joining Manchester United’s 1999 team as the only English teams ever to do so.
They won 3-0 at newly-promoted Burnley on Friday to start their league campaign, and teen star Lewis spoke about his goals after the game.
The homegrown 18-year-old talent stated that the goal was to win the quadruple.
“Winning it just once isn’t good enough; we need to keep trying to win it again, you know. “.
Given their caliber, unity, and strength, you wouldn’t bet against City winning the European championship in addition to the three major domestic trophies.
But having already lost the Community Shield to Arsenal on penalties, Guardiola’s team has already missed out on one trophy this year.
However, this week presents an additional opportunity to win a trophy as City plays Sevilla in Athens for a chance to win the UEFA Super Cup for the first time.
Lewis stated that the competition was new to them. “Since neither the club nor we have ever won it, it is yet another trophy that we want to go out and capture.
We must go and participate in this competition because it is important. “.
City travel with confidence after a strong start to the Premier League campaign, with Rodri adding to Haaland’s two goals on a night when Lewis was also hit by an object.
The perpetrator of the first-half incident was quickly identified, taken off the ground by police, and is now the subject of a ban order, according to Burnley.
Lewis said, “Of course, you can’t really focus on that when you’re in the game. “But at the time, I simply had to deal with it.
“It’s just a unfortunate incident that happened to me, but many players experience it, which is not good.
However, you can’t really do much about it. It will be resolved at the end of the game if you just choose to ignore it now. “.
The injury to captain Kevin De Bruyne was another issue that City’s players were unable to let bother them.
The 32-year-old has only recently made a full recovery from a hamstring problem; according to Guardiola, if the problem recurs, he will be sidelined for weeks.
Lewis said, “Well, you know, injuries happen to everyone. Every team experiences injuries, so you have to learn to deal with them.
“The squad is talented enough that if someone gets hurt, another player can step in and simply continue playing as the last one did.
Due to squad depth, there will undoubtedly be some positions where we will be more negatively impacted than others, but everyone experiences this and must learn to deal with it. “.
The Clarets must wait a while before playing again, while City resumes play on Wednesday.
Due to ongoing stadium renovations at Kenilworth Road, Vincent Kompany’s team will now play host to Aston Villa on August 27. Next weekend’s trip to Luton has been postponed as a result.
After displaying some promise against City, that fortnight will provide promoted Burnley with an invaluable opportunity to train with their revamped team.
“I think we had our moments in the game, but obviously we were playing against the best team in the world right now,” 18-year-old summer signing Luca Koleosho said after making his debut.
Therefore, I merely believe that we will get better and simply improve with each game.
“The approach is to just focus on winning. There are still 37 games left in the season, so just take each one as it comes.”.
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