Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City’s players that ill discipline will not be tolerated after Phil Foden and Jack Grealish were dropped on Sunday.
The City manager left both forwards on the bench during the 4-0 win at Newcastle following alleged indiscretions in midweek.
Sportsmail understands Guardiola allowed his stars time to unwind following the seven-goal thrashing of Leeds United last Tuesday.
But Grealish and Foden were not deemed in the correct condition when reporting for a routine recovery session at the club’s training base on Wednesday.
Guardiola was in Barcelona attending Sergio Aguero’s retirement announcement that day, but members of his staff were left unimpressed by the pair.