Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has apologised to Riyad Mahrez for continually leaving him out of the team this season.
Mahrez has not started for the Premier League champions since December, but Guardiola says it is not the player's fault, per Stuart Brennan at the Manchester Evening News:
"I am sad because he is training incredibly, he is an incredibly talented player but in this moment we have five strikers - for example in the last games Leroy hasn't played.
"We have incredible players, like for example Bernardo [Silva] and Raz [Raheem Sterling] in top, top form and that is the only reason why.