Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman says Pep Guardiola's introduction of Phil Foden and moving young forward Divine Mukasa out wide was key in Wednesday's Carabao Cup win over Brentford. Foden was came on in the 16th minute for Oscar Bobb, who was forced off through injury and Osman was impressed by Guardiola's solution. "It showed what a shrewd operator Pep Guardiola is and his vision to see things unfolding on the pitch," Osman told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman says Pep Guardiola's introduction of Phil Foden and moving young forward Divine Mukasa out wide was key in Wednesday's Carabao Cup win over Brentford.
Foden was came on in the 16th minute for Oscar Bobb, who was forced off through injury and Osman was impressed by Guardiola's solution.
"It showed what a shrewd operator Pep Guardiola is and his vision to see things unfolding on the pitch," Osman told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
"Brentford had obviously worked on a way of trying to hurt Manchester City, getting in between spaces and getting Kevin Schade in behind. You could see their patterns of play.
"They had [Mikkel] Damsgaard and [Mathias] Jensen starting wide and coming centrally to rotate City about a bit. But, from the moment Guardiola bought Foden on and moved Mukasa into a wide area City played with near enough three false nines.
"None of them went up against any of the three centre backs for Brentford and they didn't manage to organise themselves until half-time. It's incredibly hard when you've worked on a way of playing and the opposition change something quite dramatically after 15 minutes.
"City and Pep made a wonderful change, utilising the injury to the unfortunate Oscar Bobb in a positive way with Foden's introduction, and they grabbed the game by the horns in that moment."
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