Carlo Ancelotti He played it with his starting eleven. In the run-up there were doubts about what he was going to do with the trained players, but he decided to include them all.
The bet did not go well in the first stages. Not even a minute had passed when Aurélien Tchouaméniwho was one of those who could not see the card, saw the yellow after a hard tackle on Jack Grealish that prevented him from playing at the Etihad. And not only that, it was also City’s first.
The rest of the game was lived with tension if any of the others could suffer the same fate. It was about Vinicius, Bellingham y Camavinga those who had to be careful, and finally everyone escaped.
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Also the French, but not because he didn’t deserve it. What’s more, he will play for ‘free’ at the Etihad after François Letexier decided not to take a very clear foul from the midfielder on Phil Foden, whom he also injured. The play occurred in the last minutes of the game, when in a drive The foot He received a hard stomp on the heel for which the referee gave the advantage and then did not issue any warning. Meanwhile, the Englishman had to be replaced by Julián Álvarez and could not finish the match. Maybe he is the one who can’t be in the return.