Pep Guardiola has said he made three changes to Manchester City's starting line-up in the 4-0 win over Newcastle because of the behaviour of his team.
Guardiola changed Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and John Stones for Gabriel Jesus, Joao Cancelo and Raheem Sterling. Only Stones came on the pitch, as a 70th minute replacement for Ruben Dias.
And speaking to 5Live, Guardiola explained the reasoning behind his calls.
'Not rotation, no,' the City manager said. 'I decided for this team because they deserved to play today, these guys and not the other ones.