Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hinted off-field behaviour was behind John Stones, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden being dropped to the bench for Sunday's win over Newcastle.
The trio were replaced by Gabriel Jesus, Joao Cancelo and Raheem Sterling.
"Not rotation, no," the City manager said. "I decided for this team because they deserved to play today, these guys and not the other ones.
"At Christmas time I pay a lot of attention to behaviour on and off the pitch. And when off the pitch is not proper they are not going to play.
"So we have to be focussed all the time because of distractions at Christmas time and everything that happens - you have to still be focussed."
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