Called-up from school and Emile's advice - Inside Jaden and Reigan Heskey's 'surreal' Man City U19s debut together

Reigan Heskey was in class at school on Monday when he got the call that he would be playing for Manchester City under-19s in the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday.

Reigan, 15, is the son of former Liverpool and England striker Emile, who was in the stands at the Joie Stadium to see two of his children line up for City for the first time. Older brother Jaden, 17, has stepped up for the academy this season, and led the line against Young Boys with Reigan on the wing.

"I've never played with him before so it was the first time," Jaden told MEN Sport after the 3-0 win with a smile. "He's always been two years below me so he's stayed with his age group. For him to play with me today was surreal."

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Jaden has five goals to his name so far this season between under-18 and under-21 level, while Reigan had never played above under-16s until this week. With injury and fitness issues restricting Brian Barry-Murphy's selection against Young Boys, it was Reigan who got the call to take his chance at the Joie Stadium.

Within eight minutes Reigan had won a penalty - which he stepped up to score - and by halftime, he had won a free-kick that Mo Susoho converted from a tight angle, and played Tom Galvez into the box to assist Matthew Henderson-Hall. In first-half injury time, he went down with cramp, and wouldn't emerge for the second period.

As debuts go, it wasn't a bad first 45 minutes for the youth team, and Barry-Murphy explained why it was Heskey who was selected to step up from the under-16s.

"We're synonymous with players in those wide positions that at