Busy Christmas makes it easier for Pep Guardiola to keep players happy

• Manchester City manager ready to use all his squad
• Guardiola: ‘At some point they will all be needed’

Manchester City are having to train on Christmas Day for their Boxing Day visit to Leicester but Pep Guardiola is trying to see the positives in the English festive fixture schedule.

“You get a lot of games at this time of year in England when in Germany and other countries the league stops for a week,” the City manager said. “One advantage I can see is that it is easier to keep the players happy, because at some point they will all be needed.

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