Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has a warning for his players regarding rotation to the end of the season.
City defeated Crystal Palace at the weekend in the Premier League, and now face a home Champions League semi final second leg against Paris-Saint Germain in midweek.
Players who came into the side for the Palace game, such as Aymeric Laporte, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, impressed after being left out of the lineup against PSG for the first leg.
Asked specifically about Sterling's performance against Palace, having been dropped for PSG, Guardiola said: "He responded in the Carabao Cup final, one player that played Carabao Cup final he deserved to play in Paris but I have to have a selection. If I leave Phil or Riyad out it'd be unfair on them.
"I don't want to justify my decisions, I get money for making them, I understand perfectly. Laporte today was outstanding defensively, offensively, breaking the lines. He didn't play in Paris, I understand why he's sad. Today he showed.
"After the season we decide what we do. I rotate a lot, not just one player. When one guy always wants to play maybe it's not the right place to be. I can't do any more. Raheem plays exceptional, maybe he plays the final, some minutes, maybe he doesn't. Everyone can play, thats the reason why for many years the commitment for everyone was there to be in the position we were to win many titles."
