Pep Guardiola believes Phil Foden can achieve as much as he wants in the game.

Manchester City’s highly-rated teenager emphasised his huge potential with a man-of-the-match display in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final victory over Aston Villa.

The 19-year-old has been heavily hyped over the past two seasons but City boss Guardiola has only gradually eased him into the first-team picture.

Sunday’s appearance was actually his first outing in a month but, so assured was his display, calls for him to be named in the England squad are growing.

“The first one is always the most difficult one and Roberto Mancini and his people and players did it, then other people came after them and continued the process.”

Striker Sergio Aguero is fit after overcoming a knock suffered late in the game on Sunday. Winger Leroy Sane, who has been out since August, will not feature despite playing for the under-23s last week.

Guardiola said: “He is not ready. (After) six months, (it) needs a process. When you start (back training) you feel good but still it is not (right), especially confidence.

“He is doing the normal steps to come back but maybe it will be easier to play in the Premier League, which we don’t have chance to win, than in this cup competition. We need to be incredibly focused all the way through.”