This morning, Man City had an important victory against Young Boys. It was a match where Erling Haaland shined with a double in the second half. Meanwhile, the duo Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez do not start. Alvarez entered the field for the final 25 minutes of the match, and Foden was not allowed on the field as a substitute.
Explaining the absence of these two players, Pep Guardiola said: “We played with seven new players (compared to the previous match) because some were tired.”
Phil had a bit of a problem, Julian couldn’t play the full 90 minutes. We didn’t have a big squad but I relied a lot on them and they played very well.”
Pep’s decision to rotate is reasonable when facing Man City is a tense derby with Man Utd.
“The derby is very important and Man Utd have a lot of confidence after yesterday’s win and it’s always difficult at Old Trafford but we have time to prepare and we will prepare as much as possible,” said Pep