Guardiola hails importance of Phillips

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola revealed Kalvin Phillips will start their Carabao Cup tie against Newcastle

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00:00 Of course, but not just this week. For many, many times since he arrived, Roderick has

00:09 been easy and has been really, really important. His consistency, he knows everything. In the

00:15 game, what happened against Nottingham in the second half, the game was a little bit

00:24 more defensive. You have to not do the process of just Brazilian defence and make a three

00:32 or four options that help us to breathe to the team, to have the ball was important.

00:36 Now the point is when you have to make the process in smaller spaces, in the shorter

00:40 spaces, that we are trying to help him and try to make this a step. Of course, the game

00:47 for tomorrow is important for the next ones. We will see in every single game, I will decide

00:54 what is the best for the team.