City manager, Guardiola reveals why he didn’t play striker against Huddersfield Town

Steve Dede 07:31 - 19 February 2017

Kelechi Iheanacho

Kelechi Iheanacho returned to Manchester City matchdy squad at Huddersfield Town but watching the game from the bench.

Iheancho who has not been named in a Manchester City matchday squad for five consecutive games was on the bench in City fifth round FA Cup clash at Huddersfield Town which ended in a goalless draw.

With time running out and no goal scored, Guardiola did not call on Iheanacho and he explained why after the game.

” We have only one striker (Iheanacho) on the bench, but we wanted to bring in creativity in the midfield and also inject pace on the wings, that was why we didn’t introduce a striker for a striker,” the manager said.

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”Huddersfield Town were very organised at the back and kudo”.

Iheanacho will hope to get some game time when City host Monaco in the first leg of their second round Champions League tie on Tuesday, February 21.