Man City's one-touch wonder who paved the way for Phil Foden and is still loved by supporters

The 2015/16 season was a strange one for Manchester City.

On paper it was fairly successful; City overcame their Champions League mental block to reach the semi-finals and beat Liverpool on penalties to lift the League Cup.

That aside though, the rest of the campaign was a bit of a car crash. A squad of ageing talents and failed signings struggled for consistency and, after it was announced that manager Manuel Pellegrini would make way for Pep Guardiola in June, performances became even more uninspiring.

Kevin de Bruyne's exploits in his debut season provided some bright sparks, but it was a youngster from the academy who brought excitement to an otherwise dreary year.

Kelechi Iheanacho took just two minutes and one touch to score his first goal for City, and from then on he was a fan favourite.

The young Nigerian striker started turning heads with his performances for the EDS in 2015 - having impressed on the 2014 pre-season tour before waiting until the following February to obtain a work permit - and before long he was included in Pellegrini's first-team squad.

His rise created excitement among the City fanbase, not just because of his obvious talent or because of his unusual shirt number (72 - iconic!), but due to wider circumstances. Since the takeover in 2008 no academy graduates had managed to make any lasting impression in the first team.

The opening of the City Football Academy in 2014 showed City's desire to change that, the rises of Phil Foden and Cole Palmer proving the project's success. But the first to make that leap was Iheanacho and supporters were thrilled.

It also helped that Kelechi scored his first City goal with his first touch for the first team to snatch a last-gasp win. City were drawing 0-0 at