Except we all know that Pep never seems to pick weakened teams for European matches however trivial they might be. Hope to be wrong this time as PSG are bound to field their reserves vs Brugges so no reason to play our stars in Leipzig.I worry about how much Walker has to play at the moment. Just have to get through this and the Watford game and then at least there is a week off, as I suspect it will be a young team heading to Leipzig.
Good thing is we have 5 subs in Europe, so even in the worst case, Cancelo and Walker could play 45-45 if we don't opt for a young right back (I guess Ake and Zinchenko are definite starters, one of them probs at left back). Rodri hopefully gets through Villa and Watford injury-free, then can be replaced with Fernandinho against Leipzig. And maybe Gundogan and Bernardo can also share the workload in the worst case in Germany. Theoretically all of Foden, Grealish and KdB can also be eased in by then back in the lineup.Except we all know that Pep never seems to pick weakened teams for European matches however trivial they might be. Hope to be wrong this time as PSG are bound to field their reserves vs Brugges so no reason to play our stars in Leipzig.