Several players in this game did not make it to the 20-man roster, including Husanov, Savignho, McCarty, Echeviri, and Lewis.
Guardiola: "I told the club that I don't want that (a huge lineup), I don't want five or six players to sit on the stands. I want to resign. If they don't reduce the lineup, I won't stay."
"My soul doesn't allow me to hand over the players to the stands. Now this happens because we add 4 players. There are 3-4 months, we lack guards and can't choose 11 players. It's too difficult, and after that players emerge again."
"But we can't do this again next season. As a coach, I can't bring 24 players and have to keep 5-6 players in Manchester every time Chester, because they can't play. This can't happen again, I told the club that I don't want (this situation). "
Manchester City spent more than 200 million pounds to sign four new players in the winter window. When asked whether this means that some players will inevitably leave the team, Guardiola said, "This is a club-level problem. When all the players are healthy, I don't want to have 24, 25 or even 26 players. If there are injuries, we still have youth training players to take the lead."
The roster of the Premier League club can be reported to 25 people, and there are no U21 players who are qualified for the competition. Manchester City's first team has 28 players, and another 4 people have loaned out.