cibaman said:The official explanation, that he was left out for footballing reasons, is implausible. Mancini just wouldn't have picked both Garcia and Razak as subs in preference to a 4th striker.
And he had one of his better performances against Ajax, it certainly didn't merit him being dropped from the squad.
He hasn't played enough to need resting.
So there must be another reason. Either disciplinary, or poor performances in training at the end of last week.
Or it could be that the club has decided to sell him to raise money for an expensive January buy and dropping him was like putting a "for sale" sign on his head.
Could it have been that Mancini didn't trust him to keep a level head given that there may be Spurs players out to goad him after Super Scotty headbutted him in the foot last season?