Pep Guardiola has backed Thomas Tuchel's view that Phil Foden is at his best in a central role but the Manchester City boss said the England star's willingness to play anywhere shows his winning mentality.

Manchester City are hardly the only side guilty of a specific time-wasting offence which could be stamped out next year.

Man City manager Pep Guardiola was far from happy as his side coughed up a 2-0 lead, but they won it late on against Leeds.

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Guardiola made sweeping changes to his regular lineup for the defeat to Leverkusen, with the likes of Gianluigi Donnarumma, Rúben Dias, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku and Erling Haaland all moved to the bench. The quintet will be among those restored to the XI on Saturday.

Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku and Nico O’Reilly were introduced at the start of the second half, but the triple substitution failed to change the tide, despite City dominating most statistics (below). Leverkusen soon doubled their lead when Patrik Schick’s header finished a sweeping move.

Leeds United travel to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, facing one of the toughest tests in football. Daniel Farke’s side currently sits in the relegation zone after losing three consecutive league

Leeds manager Daniel Farke accused Manchester City of bending the rules before rallying to snatch victory in their Premier League game on Saturday. Leeds reduced its deficit from 2-0 to 2-1 and was on top when City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma fell to the ground and called for the physios.