Roma captain Francesco Totti has thanked Manchester City for giving him extra motivation to score on Tuesday.

The 38-year-old striker was reminded through City’s official twitter account hours before his team’s Champions League en-counter at the Etihad Stadium that he had never scored in England.

So Totti made sure to put things right when he cancelled out Sergio Aguero’s opener to earn Roma a 1-1 draw.

“City’s tweet brought me luck,” Totti said.

“It was a beautiful goal and a good Roma performance. I really wanted to score as I had not found the net this season.

“But above all, I am thrilled for my team because we have shown a lot of strength, which was not easy.”

The goal saw the former Italy international surpass Ryan Giggs to become the oldest player to score in the UEFA Champions League.

“It really wasn’t something I was thinking of when I was on the pitch,” Totti said.

“Records arrive thanks to the help of your team-mates and what really matters is the result of the team.

“My main focus is on the team and not on myself.”

Roma are two points adrift of pool leaders Bayern Munich and three points clear of Manchester City.

“After the group was drawn, few people gave us any hope of doing well,” Totti said.

“But we have proved that we can play against any team.”