Wednesday night’s EFL Cup quarter-final clash at the Etihad Stadium ended in a 2-0 win for City as they progress in the next round, where they will face Newcastle United.
Savinho and Cherki disappoint
Guardiola’s side made light work of Brentford on home soil, despite making several changes to their starting XI. However, the City boss wasn’t all smiles at full-time as he ripped into the two players who scored the goals on the night.
“I'm really pleased for the impact from the guys who came from the bench, because in the second-half Rayan Cherki didn't do the job he should defensively - he had no energy, Savinho neither.
“That's why the impact from Josko (Gvardiol), Matheus (Nunes), especially Bernardo (Silva) helped a lot to increase rhythm! I didn't want to play Nico Gonzalez, Nico O'Reilly 90 minutes again - they've played a lot, and we have Saturday; a massively important game against West Ham.”
Bobb was one of seven changes made to Pep Guardiola’s side following last weekend’s 3-0 victory away against Crystal Palace in what was his ninth start of the season in all competitions.
Bobb out once again
Guardiola commented on the knock, which is unfortunate for the teenager who has suffered with numerous injuries over the past few years.
“After 10, 15 minutes he complained about a muscular reason. Apparently it's a muscular injury in the hamstring. Hopefully it's not a big, big one”.