Pep Guardiola Defends His Decision To Not Make Any Substitutions During 1-1 Draw With RB Leipzig
Pep Guardiola has defended his decision to not make any changes during Man City's draw with RB Leipzig in the Champions League.
The Premier League champions were held to a 1-1 draw with the Bundesliga side after Josko Gvardiol cancelled out Riyad Mahrez's first-half strike for the visitors.
A plethora of Man City's stars - including Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez - watched from the bench as Guardiola opted against a substitution and the coach later explained his reasoning for doing so.
According to the Manchester Evening News, Guardiola said: 'I have the opportunity to have five substitutions, I am the manager I apply and take it if I want.
'It doesn't mean if I have the substitutions I have to do the substitutions. I'm a so good manager to decide what I have to do or not.'
The Spanish manager hinted that he was close to bringing England star Foden into the match after Gvardiol's second-half equaliser but opted against doing so.
He explained: 'I was really pleased with what I was seeing. With Phil to have this talent to do this, after the goal I thought immediately to bring Phil but we took the game in our hands.'
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