Manchester City U19 coach Brian Barry-Murphy says the squad was thrilled for teammate Micah Hamilton after his first team promotion yesterday.

Hamilton earned a call to City's squad for last night's Champions League win at Young Boys.

Barry-Murphy told City's website: “Carlos Vicens told Micah he was in the squad on Monday after training in the gym and there was a huge roar of celebration.

“The year before last we had a lot of academy graduates going over to the first team environment. Because of the success of the team last year, it was much more difficult.

“Oscar Bobb is there but it's probably not going to be as common as it was. So for Micah to get that involvement is inspirational for all the young players in the academy and especially as he's Manchester born and bred and local. I think that means a lot."

He added: “We trained with them on Sunday and for myself and the players, you're under the eyes of the big boss as such and it takes a lot of repetition to get used to that.

“We saw signs with Oscar at Newcastle that he was doing stuff that we had seen, however small a sample. The same goes for Micah really – [showing] his unique ability to beat players 1 v 1 and really he's almost like an old-fashioned player, a street footballer, his skills are incredible and we just want to see that as soon as we can in that environment."