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Manchester Evening News
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Isaac Johnson

Why Kyle Walker, Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez started for Man City vs Leicester

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City’s involvement in three competitions forced him to rotate a number of players for Saturday’s clash with Leicester.

Aymeric Laporte, Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahrez came in for Nathan Ake, Ilkay Gundogan and Manuel Akanji in three changes made from the 3-0 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Laporte started just his seventh Premier League game of the season amid speculation he could exit the Etihad this summer. Kyle Walker started his first league match since the 2-0 win over Newcastle on March 3 while Mahrez began his third straight league fixture.

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