Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has talked about tactical changes meaning Kyle Walker gets to play less
Kyle Walker was on the bench against Liverpool, Palace and RB Leipzig
Pep Guardiola has indicated that Kyle Walker will be on the bench as Manchester City play three in defence.
The Blues boss recently moved a full-back down into midfield to play alongside Rodri in front of a trio of central defenders. John Stones played in high form in the 4-1 win over Liverpool, while youngster Rico Lewis was also used there.
It has had a stimulating effect on Walker, who has started only two of his last six matches in all competitions for Man City as Lewis was given priority in the Premier League game against Bournemouth and John Stones was selected to start. main matches Crystal Palace, Leipzig and Liverpool. Absent a few months before the World Cup due to injury, Walker has made the list of players most used by Guardiola this season. As long as City play with the 3-4-3 formation they used against Liverpool, the England international is likely to be on the bench. Guardiola says that although Walker can play one of the roles in defence, he is not suitable to move into midfield alongside Rodri like Stones and Lewis and he has not had time to adapt. This.
"He can't do it. He will always have speed, he will be the fastest in this hall at 60," the manager said.
"To play inside you have to do some moves, he has other characteristics. He played at the inside full-back with four defenders with Joao [Cancelo] or Alex [Zinchenko] in that position and Kyle did it really well, but with that form three defenders and two in the middle, he couldn't do it.
"He can play inside and he's done it a few times but like in Liverpool's position with Rodri and John, he might need time to do that and we don't have that.
"Quality sometimes you need certain specific things, there are players with his quality. You wouldn't ask Riyad [Mahrez] to play at full-back because he can't play in position. border defender. "The reason is tactical. Not because we lost faith in Kyle."
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