Manchester City duo Jack Grealish and Phil Foden have been photographed on a night time out that reputedly caused Pep Guardiola leaving them out of his aspect at Newcastle United on Dec. 19 and again on Boxing Day in opposition to Leicester City.
The England internationals both scored within the 7-zero victory over Leeds United on Dec. 14, but they were each dropped from the beginning lineup at St James’ Park five days later. The duo turned into photographed out in a Manchester bar hours after the lopsided win.
The incident took place even as Guardiola become out of metropolis, after he left immediately following the win over Leeds to wait Sergio Aguero's retirement press convention.
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Guardiola made the adjustments for the Newcastle healthy after warning his players that those that don't behave in the suitable manner will not play.
Asked if the changes were because of rotation following the four-0 victory over Newcastle, Guardiola instructed BBC 5Live: “Not rotation, no. I decided for this group because they deserved to play today, those guys and now not the other ones.
"At Christmas time I pay quite a few attention to behavior on and stale the pitch. And whilst off the pitch isn't always proper they're now not going to play. So we must be centered all of the time due to distractions at Christmas time and the whole lot that happens — you need to still be focused.”
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It was a biting comment by using the supervisor, one sincerely directed at the pair for instance of ways such behavior can be dealt with.