Jack Grealish and Phil Foden have been pictured on a night out last week that seemingly led to their omissions from the Manchester City team at Newcastle on Sunday.
Both Grealish and Foden scored in the 7-0 win over Leeds last Tuesday, but were dropped to the bench in City's 4-0 victory at Newcastle this weekend.
Asked about his selection after the game at St James' Park, Guardiola told BBC 5Live that a 'behaviour issue' was behind his selection rather than his usual rotation. “Not rotation, no.
I decided for this team because they deserved to play today, these guys and not the other ones," he said. “At Christmas time I pay a lot of attention to behaviour on and off the pitch.
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