Pep Guardiola has told his Manchester City players that their reputations will count for nothing this season.
The Sky Blues looked in rare touch against Burnley on Saturday, claiming a comfortable 5-0 victory.
And Guardiola insists he will continue picking his teams on form and not reputation.
He said: "So I see the performance, the levels. The guys who help the team, who help me, will have more chance to play.
"The others, they have to wait for the opportunity. They have to fight and wait for the moment and when they have the moment, do it as well as possible.
"This business works in this way, not in another way. What happened one week ago is already over. It is past.
"Right now I see the players who are in the better conditions or more focused.
"If the players believe they are rested because I am rotating they are making a mistake. I put, every game, the best players to make rhythms, to help the team.
"The players who believe, because in the past they have been here, they deserve the next position, they have made a big mistake.
"The youngest player, Phil Foden, deserves the same opportunities as Fernandinho, our most experienced player. It does not matter if you have won more titles in the past or scored more goals.
"You have to show it on the pitch in the recent past, the present and especially the future."
