Newcastle United manager, Eddie Howe expects Pep Guardiola to field a strong starting line-up as the Magpies set for a pulsating Carabao cup clash against Manchester City.
Due to injuries and his team’s busy schedule, which consists of fixtures like the Magpies, Premier League and Champions League matches next week.
Guardiola vowed he won’t “waste one percent of energy” on the League Cup following the 2-0 Premier League victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Guardiola said: “We’ll see how many players we’ll have available. It will be good for Jack [Grealish] to take minutes, and of course some players have a lot of minutes, they are not going to play against Newcastle. That’s for sure.
“Carabao Cup is perfect when you are in the beginning of the season because the games at the beginning of the season you have all the squad, deep squad, for the guys that don’t play regularly, they have to play the minutes. That’s perfect.
“But we have a lot of injuries, I’m not going to waste one percent of energy for Carabao Cup, like Kyle Walker for example, like Ruben [Dias], who have played 90 minutes for the national team, 90 minutes, because they are exhausted already. And we cannot lose it.
According to Newcastle World, despite the Spaniard’s assertions, Howe, speaking to the media on Tuesday before the game, doesn’t agree.
Howe said: “I haven’t seen them [comments] so you’re telling me about those comments but I don’t believe that for a second.
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“Because Pep is a manager who has won so much and he hasn’t done that without giving everything to every moment to try and achieve that success.
“I’ve no doubt we will see the best [strongest] Manchester City tomorrow.”
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