Manchester City have plenty of fixtures in the coming weeks so are taking no chances with players short of fitness like Phil Foden and Rodri
Pep Guardiola decided against bringing Phil Foden back for Manchester City against Brentford for two reasons.
ALSO READ: Pep Guardiola says Brentford did something nobody else has ever done to Man City - and he liked it One of those options was Rodri, called upon at half-time to shore up City's shaky midfield for his first appearance of the season. He had returned late from an extended summer break, reporting back with minor injuries that saw him miss the opening fixtures before the international break.
"I asked him how did he feel and he said he felt good. Rodri is so important for us. Kova has been amazing, and when Rodri can not play we have Kova there, we rotate because we need that. Today was important because Gundo had extra minutes, and Kyle the first minutes, John the first minutes, it’s really good to have that."
"We were lucky, Erling scored with a deflection otherwise the game was closer to 0-2 than 1-1. It was closer. The players know it," he explained. "That is why at half time I didn’t say anything. It was just ok, what we have to do.
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