Pep Guardiola felt that Ruben Dias wasn't aggressive enough to stop James Maddison for Leicester City's first goal on Boxing Day because he didn't want to get a yellow card.
The Manchester City centre-back played knowing that a booking would rule him out of the trip to Brentford this week, perhaps explaining why he wasn't as full-blooded with his challenge as he usually is.
In better news for the Blues, Dias and others do not have to worry about checking their instincts on the pitch again for a while because the deadline for bookings has been reset.
Having completed 19 Premier League games, no player will now be suspended when they reach five yellow cards. That does not mean City can forget about their discipline for the rest of the
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