Pep Guardiola admitted to making a mistake when wholesale changes to his Manchester City side backfired against Bayer Leverkusen last month but as he looks forward to taking on a “crazy” January schedule he found a better balance for Wednesday’s 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Brentford.
Granted, the challenge of playing against a Bees side themselves showing six changes from the weekend was very different to a Champions League match, but Guardiola was impressed with the energy shown both by those given their opportunity and those who came off the bench.
