Guardiola to rotate squad against Feyenoord

City's 2-0 win away to Leicester City on Saturday was the start of a packed schedule that will see the club play 12 games between now and the New Year.

That fact is not lost on Guardiola, who saw defender John Stones limp out of Saturday's win after damaging a hamstring. Speaking following the game, Guardiola said that Bernardo Silva, Yaya Toure, Danilo and Ilkay Gundogan would all start when they face Feyenoord at the Etihad on Tuesday as he looks to manage his side's workload.

'Against Feyenoord I will change the team completely,' the City boss explained. 'What happened with John Stones shows the calendar is so demanding and we have to rotate the team this month and we will do that game by game.

'Fortunately we already qualify for the Champions League but the problem is we have a lot of games. The calendar demands so much from the players and that is why we have to have big squads to rotate because it is impossible to sustain these players every three days.

'The players who didn't play (against Leicester) are going to play the next game but also some of the players that did play are going to play too. I have to think about it but Danilo, Yaya Toure, (Ilkay) Gundogan, Bernardo Silva are going to play for sure.'

However, Guardiola was also keen to point out that despite being set to make changes for the game, his expectations will remain the same.

'We are already qualified in the Champions League but want to finish first,' he asserted. 'We are going to prepare for the Feyenoord game the same way we prepared today or at Stamford Bridge and I demand to the players that we win the game.

'I have an amazing squad with good players and everyone is going to play and I have to use the squad. I have said to the players to prepare because everyone is going to be involved.'