"Maybe it was too much, seeing the result. I take responsibility but I saw them and I like everyone to be involved, when you are a football player and don't play for five, six, seven games it's tough but maybe it was too much."
"Always I like to be too nice and involve everyone. It didn't work and we have to accept it. It was the first time in my life I've done it and it was too much."
"I don't anticipate what is going to happen in the future. Now it's don't talk much, clean our heads and go to Leeds."
Manchester City lost 2-0 at home to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League after Pep Guardiola made ten changes to his starting lineup. Guardiola accepted responsibility for the result, saying the number of changes was excessive and that involving many fringe players who had not played for several games proved problematic. He acknowledged that his inclination to include everyone backfired and said the experiment did not work. The defeat increases pressure ahead of the trip to Real Madrid and leaves three remaining group games against Bodo/Glimt, Galatasaray, and a Premier League fixture at Leeds.
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