PEP Guardiola has warned his players not to rely on past glories for a place in his starting XI – insisting those sitting on the bench are there for a reason.
Burnley provided their usual boost to Manchester City’s fortunes with a fourth straight home 5-0 victory over the Clarets for Guardiola’s men.
But after a start to the season which has been underwhelming, both in terms of points and goals, the City boss still fired a warning shot at individuals he believes have taken their foot off the gas.
A question to Guardiola about resting and rotating his squad, in order to protect players, produced a surprisingly spiky response.
“It is not about rest here,” he said. “I saw that Kevin De Bruyne was a little bit exhausted mentally, and so he missed the trip to Olympiakos.
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