The Manchester Evening News wrote an article talking about Manchester City's adjustments this season. The article believes that Guardiola's number of substitutions this season has increased significantly compared to last season.
Manchester's article stated that Manchester City performed well in the match against Manchester United and Naples, and even if they were tied against Arsenal, they could not cover up the team's progress. Now, Guardiola seems to feel that he has more trustworthy players. In the 6 games so far this season, Guardiola has changed 28 times.
In addition to making 4 substitutions against Brighton and Manchester United, Guardiola used up 5 substitutions in the other 4 games, which seems to be different from his previous approach and has improved significantly compared to last season. The difficulties of last season can also be seen from the substitute players.
From the beginning of last season to October, Guardiola made only 31 substitutions in nine Premier League games, averaging 3.4 times per game. From January to May, he replaced 70 players with a total of 95 substitution adjustments, averaging 3.7 times per game. In 10 games in November and December, Guardiola only made 29 substitutions. When he encountered an injury crisis, Guardiola not only found it difficult to fill the bench, but also believed that there were not many players who could change the situation when they were sent on the court.
The situation this season is obviously different. Manchester City hopes to avoid repeating the mistakes of injury, and Guardiola has used substitutes significantly more times than last season. Guardiola is expected to rotate in the League Cup after sending the same starter in the past three games, and while he may give some stars a break, the team may still have plenty of room for substitution to keep as physically fit as possible.