Bah humbug! Pep in festive weight warning

PEP Guardiola has weighed his players and warned them not to overindulge at Christmas.

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Pep Guardiola

The Manchester City manager has made clear that any member of the squad who returns from a short festive break out of condition will not be involved at Nottingham Forest next week.

Guardiola even refused his players a day off after Saturday's comfortable victory over West Ham to make sure the message hit home.

The Spaniard was not happy with the level of performance, even though the 3-0 success - their fifth league victory in succession - kept the pressure on leaders Arsenal and even took them top for a few hours.

Guardiola said: “The players asked me to take a day off. I said, ‘No because you didn’t play good enough’