"They come back on the 25th and I will be there controlling how many kilos come up. The moment they arrive after three days [off] I want to see how they come back. "They can eat, but I want to control them. "I have to make a selection against Nottingham Forest. Imagine one player and now he's perfect but he will arrive with three kilos more. He will [stay] in Manchester. He will not travel to Nottingham Forest."
"Every player make a weight [on Friday],"
"The players asked me to take a day off [on Sunday], I said, no, because you didn't play good enough."
"[On Sunday] recovery, train the guys that didn't play, and after three days off, you have two days to prepare for Nottingham Forest. "The schedule is so tight and the players have to forget. The players have to go wit"
Pep Guardiola had each Manchester City player weighed on Friday and plans a re-weighing when players return on December 25. Any player who comes back carrying extra kilos risks being omitted from the squad for the Dec. 27 match against Nottingham Forest. The Christmas break was shortened to three days after a 3-0 win over West Ham because parts of the performance were judged not good enough. A planned day off was cancelled in favor of recovery sessions and training for those who did not play. Manchester City sit second in the Premier League, two points behind Arsenal.
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