Pep Guardiola has just one regret as Micah Hamilton makes Man City promise

Manchester City could not have asked for a better night yesterday as they rounded off their Champions League group stages with a 100 per cent record.

Heading into the dead rubber against Crvena zvezda, the Blues had already confirmed top spot and the luxury of rotation was awarded to Pep Guardiola. However, even if the team is perceived to be weaker than usual, the same high standards apply.

Fortunately, the mix of youth and fringe players did the trick. Goals from Micah Hamilton, Oscar Bobb and Kalvin Phillips helped secured a 3-2 victory in Belgrade and gloss to their European campaign.

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In our MEN Sport headlines, we continue to reflect on last night's victory.

Guardiola was left ruing the fact he couldn't bring Max Alleyne off the bench to make a dream night for the City academy even better.

With the Blues having already wrapped up top spot in the group, the City boss made nine changes from the 2-1 win over Luton on Sunday and gave a first start to young forward Hamilton before bringing Mahamadou Susoho on in the second half for his first appearance. With Rico Lewis, Bobb and Phil Foden also on the pitch, it meant that the club had five academy graduates playing together.

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Hamilton says his electric City debut is just the start, as he outlined how his brilliant performance was all the more impressive as he was playing out of position.

Hamilton has twice made Guardiola's bench this season, and finally got on the pitch for a debut from the start as City took on Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade. With City safely qualified, Hamilton's inclusion was one of nine changes to Guardiola's side, and he only needed 19 minutes to