Man City teenage goalscoring sensation sends fresh message as excitement builds

Manchester City starlet Reigan Heskey has enjoyed a week to remember.

The talented teenager fired a hat-trick inside 22 minutes last week for City's Under-21s and added another two to his tally on Saturday as his brace helped City Under-18s to a thrilling 5-3 win at Derby County.

Sandwiched in between his club commitments, the forward played for City in the UEFA Youth League game at Sporting Lisbon and earned a call into the England Under-17 squad for matches against Belgium next week. Heskey, son of former England striker Emile, has two caps to his name for the Young Lions already including one goal while he has eight goals in eight games this season for City Under-18s.

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He could easily have made it back to back hat-tricks given he hit the post in the first half prior to scoring his first with a deflected effort to restore City's lead at 2-1. He tapped in his second after the break to again put City in front at 4-3.

Ryan McAidoo, Daniel Batty and Kian Noble were also on target for the Blues who cemented themselves in second spot with the win at the third place Rams. City trail leaders Manchester United by five points.

City Under-21 boss Ben Wilkinson last week heaped praise on the 16-year-old, touting him as a potential first team prospect in the future even if he was wary of talking up his talent too much.

“He’s got an unbelievable chance to be a top player,” said Wilkinson, speaking to City's website. “He has a lot of attributes you’d look for in someone of his position.

“To come on in an EDS game as a 16-year-old and score a hat-trick isn’t something you see very often. Our job is to steer him in the right direction over the next couple of years and not let him get too high in these moments.

“I’m sure he’ll have some bumps as well. We’ll make sure he doesn’t get too low in that point and just try to keep him on track.”