Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has praised Raheem Sterling for his 'amazing performance' in the Carabao Cup final win over Tottenham Hotspur.

The England international was a constant threat against Spurs as Aymeric Laporte scored a late goal to win the game.

"Amazing [performance]," Guardiola said at his post-match press conference.

"He showed the opponent we came here to win the game in the first actions. He was incredibly aggressive.

"[Serge] Aurier is a fast defender and they are incredibly good at defending the shot and the blocks. [Hugo] Lloris made some incredible saves but he was brilliant.

"We have no doubts of that, the mentality is great, he trained well and he made an incredible performance.

"He deserves it, he created a lot of chances and made a couple of assists for Ilkay [Gundogan].

"All the players were brilliant."