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.
21.12.2021 - 18:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Three key Manchester City players are just a yellow card away from missing the Blues’ trip to Brentford next week.
Ruben Dias, Rodri and Bernardo Silva have all totted up four bookings in the season so far, and under the Premier League rules, face an automatic one-match ban if they make it five before the halfway point of the season - which falls on Boxing Day against Leicester.
City lost Joao Cancelo to the same rule last week, when his yellow card against Wolves saw him ruled out of the 7-0
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.
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