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"Pep Guardiola has said it breaks his heart to leave players out of his starting line-up, ahead of Manchester City's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports Football.

So far this season, Manchester City boss Guardiola has used the Carabao Cup to give his fringe players first-team opportunities with Claudio Bravo and Yaya Toure among others featuring prominently in the competition.

"I trust the guys a lot. I don't want to offend the players. For me it breaks my heart when Danilo cannot play, Bernardo (Silva) cannot play, Yaya cannot play, when other players cannot play," he said.

"It breaks my heart because they deserve (to play) but we have no other choice."

http://www.skysports.com/football/leice ... iew/385635

it'll break my heart if Yaya gets another stroll on the park tonight

johnny crossan wrote:"Pep Guardiola has said it breaks his heart to leave players out of his starting line-up, ahead of Manchester City's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports Football.

So far this season, Manchester City boss Guardiola has used the Carabao Cup to give his fringe players first-team opportunities with Claudio Bravo and Yaya Toure among others featuring prominently in the competition.

"I trust the guys a lot. I don't want to offend the players. For me it breaks my heart when Danilo cannot play, Bernardo (Silva) cannot play, Yaya cannot play, when other players cannot play," he said.

"It breaks my heart because they deserve (to play) but we have no other choice."

http://www.skysports.com/football/leice ... iew/385635

it'll break my heart if Yaya gets another stroll on the park tonight

I am the same, after Yaya's last outing in the CL in Kiev, I hope he is on the bench TBH. The Santa stroll pace will not be allowed against a Leicester team who will be up for it.

I am setting off at 4pm, looking forward to seeing Foden and Diaz get a run out.

Wonderwall wrote:

johnny crossan wrote:"Pep Guardiola has said it breaks his heart to leave players out of his starting line-up, ahead of Manchester City's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports Football.

So far this season, Manchester City boss Guardiola has used the Carabao Cup to give his fringe players first-team opportunities with Claudio Bravo and Yaya Toure among others featuring prominently in the competition.

"I trust the guys a lot. I don't want to offend the players. For me it breaks my heart when Danilo cannot play, Bernardo (Silva) cannot play, Yaya cannot play, when other players cannot play," he said.

"It breaks my heart because they deserve (to play) but we have no other choice."

http://www.skysports.com/football/leice ... iew/385635

it'll break my heart if Yaya gets another stroll on the park tonight

I am the same, after Yaya's last outing in the CL in Kiev, I hope he is on the bench TBH. The Santa stroll pace will not be allowed against a Leicester team who will be up for it.

I am setting off at 4pm, looking forward to seeing Foden and Diaz get a run out.

No Aguero in the squad for tonight according to Sam Lee, so that should improve the chances for both those lads getting on the pitch

They are going to have a right good go at us.

as leaving in 10 mins

COME ON CITY

Will be a terrible mistake to play Toure in midfield tonight simply for the sake of squad rotation.I sound like a cunt saying it,but his legs have gone,the 74 year old father in law is quicker than he is these days.

It will be a typical Leicester charge of the light Brigade opening 30 minutes.Hoping to over run us in the middle and score a couple of goals.

zabbadabbado wrote:Will be a terrible mistake to play Toure in midfield tonight simply for the sake of squad rotation.I sound like a cunt saying it,but his legs have gone,the 74 year old father in law is quicker than he is these days.

It will be a typical Leicester charge of the light Brigade opening 30 minutes.Hoping to over run us in the middle and score a couple of goals.

To be honest, i think the vast majority of us beleive the same Zabba, he has been a fantastic player for us and we owe him a great deal BUT watching the Shaktar game was just so frustrating and catapulted us back to last season with sideways and backward passing to the point where the game almost ground to a halt!

If we were 4 goals to the good late well in to the second half then i could find a case for him coming on but there is no way he can start.

Id like to see Gundogan and Bernardo in CM with De Bruyne on the bench. Id also like to see Foden get some good time

CTID Hants wrote:

zabbadabbado wrote:Will be a terrible mistake to play Toure in midfield tonight simply for the sake of squad rotation.I sound like a cunt saying it,but his legs have gone,the 74 year old father in law is quicker than he is these days.

It will be a typical Leicester charge of the light Brigade opening 30 minutes.Hoping to over run us in the middle and score a couple of goals.

To be honest, i think the vast majority of us beleive the same Zabba, he has been a fantastic player for us and we owe him a great deal BUT watching the Shaktar game was just so frustrating and catapulted us back to last season with sideways and backward passing to the point where the game almost ground to a halt!

If we were 4 goals to the good late well in to the second half then i could find a case for him coming on but there is no way he can start.

he's been spent for 3 years
wtf is he still doing with us?

Aguero has put “good luck City” on his Instagram so I’m assuming he’s not even in the squad tonight.

Will do him good having the week off playing seen as though he’s been carrying that injury for the last 5 years..

No Sterling tonight he has just posted on insta he is off out to watch the game .

City64 wrote:No Sterling tonight he has just posted on insta he is off out to watch the game .

Good. No KDB or Otamendi either

Guessing:
Ederson
Walker Tosin Mangala Danilo
Fernandinho
Foden Bernardo Gundogan Sane
Jesus

Saul Goodman wrote:

City64 wrote:No Sterling tonight he has just posted on insta he is off out to watch the game .

Good. No KDB or Otamendi either

Guessing:
Ederson
Walker Tosin Mangala Danilo
Fernandinho
Foden Bernardo Gundogan Sane
Jesus

Bravo surely?

john@staustell wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:

City64 wrote:No Sterling tonight he has just posted on insta he is off out to watch the game .

Good. No KDB or Otamendi either

Guessing:
Ederson
Walker Tosin Mangala Danilo
Fernandinho
Foden Bernardo Gundogan Sane
Jesus

Bravo surely?

I think he earned his corn against Wolves so yes!

john@staustell wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:

City64 wrote:No Sterling tonight he has just posted on insta he is off out to watch the game .

Good. No KDB or Otamendi either

Guessing:
Ederson
Walker Tosin Mangala Danilo
Fernandinho
Foden Bernardo Gundogan Sane
Jesus

Bravo surely?

Ederson pictured with the travelling squad on the train .

CITY IX | Bravo, Danilo, Gündogan, Mangala, Bernardo, Adarabioyo, Jesus, Zinchenko, Touré (C), Foden, Diaz

SUBS | Ederson, Walker, Delph, Sané, Nmecha, Duhaney, Dele-Bashiru #foxesvcity

Blimey...

City64 wrote:

john@staustell wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:

City64 wrote:No Sterling tonight he has just posted on insta he is off out to watch the game .

Good. No KDB or Otamendi either

Guessing:
Ederson
Walker Tosin Mangala Danilo
Fernandinho
Foden Bernardo Gundogan Sane
Jesus

Bravo surely?

Ederson pictured with the travelling squad on the train .

That's cos he's on the bench!

loads of changes in the leicester xi
we should spank this lot

interesting lineup. and bench. who is Dele-Bashiru?