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Pep Guardiola explains why Liam Delap replaced Fernandinho in bold Man City gamble against Leicester
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox Pep Guardiola turned to 17-year-old striker Liam Delap, making his Premier League debut, to try to stem the tide as Manchester City slumped to a 5-2 home defeat by Leicester.
And while that was a remarkable vote of confidence in the youngster – who scored on his first appearance for the Blues in the Carabao Cup on Thursday – it was also a bold gamble.
Guardiola took off veteran midfielder Fernandinho, whose passing and control had given City much of their early dominance in the game, and so abandoned the double pivot which served the team so well at Wolves last week.
Delap is a 6ft 1in, physical specimen and he hit the bar with a header, but Guardiola explained why he made that change.And he said that after taking.
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