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#2 Pep Guardiola
There were claims that Pep Guardiola will rotate his squad and give the majority of his first-team players a rest ahead of the showdown with Liverpool, but that seemed to be a mere ploy. The Spaniard named a strong XI with only Walker and Kevin De Bruyne the notable omissions as Sergio Aguero was returning from an injury.
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We know that deep within his heart he wanted to win the game today to rub salt into United's wounds and all three of his substitutions suggested that.
He, in a desperate attempt to salvage something, subbed in Aguero, De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus in a game that was at its boiling point. Guardiola rolled his dice to win the game, putting his players' fitness on the line ahead of the big Champions League game.
He couldn't get the victory he wanted and he didn't get to enjoy his coronation the way he would have dreamt it.
