straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola says Manchester City's first-teamers wanted to play against Burnley after suffering a humbling Premier League defeat to Leicester.
After a winning start away to Wolves, a week that began with such optimism ended in crushing defeat as they lost 5-2 at the Ethad.
With Leeds next on the horizon, it was expected that the manager would turn to his youngsters for the Carabao Cup game at Turf Moor.
But while Cole Palmer was handed his senior debut, the side was stuffed with senior players including Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne while Aymeric Laporte also made his first start of the season.
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