Carabao Cup 'the perfect time' to rest Haaland - Guardiola - video Dailymotion

Pep Guardiola says he will most likely rest Erling Haaland, as Rodri's Man City return remains uncertain.

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00:00Do you have an idea yet when you might be able to put Rodri back in the squad?

00:06Hopefully soon, but not yet.

00:07Is this the sort of game where you don't need to risk early?

00:10Yeah.

00:11And that rest could be really important, I'd imagine, for the next few weeks

00:14because there's some huge games for the club and country?

00:16Absolutely.

00:17Carabao Cup always have been like that, so in the first stages,

00:21the guys will take a lot of minutes, be ready and show me, show themselves and the team

00:26that they are completely recovered and fit and ready.

00:28And mentally and the skills and everything to be ready to play and some rest,

00:34especially the players that play a lot of minutes, not just Erling, Ruben, Jusko and the other ones.

00:41So, yeah, the previous season we were in that stage with a lot of injuries,

00:45now we have less and especially we have players that need minutes, you know, to get,

00:50and Carabao Cup is perfect for that.