The team selection, for the Manchester City fixture, saw the VC membership suggest that the boss had gotten it wrong.
After the loss, as covered by the Telegraph, Antonio explained the reason for leaving Victor Moses out and also starting with Alvaro Morata when he had a niggling injury.
Talking about Moses, Conte remarked,
“To play three games in seven days is not simple, above all for our wings-backs.
“Moses played two whole games against Stoke and Atletico. Marcos Alonso played one-and-a-half games, because against Stoke I changed him.
“Then you have to try to not put your players in difficulty and not to risk this type of player, because Moses for us is an important player, and to play three games in only seven days, it means that you risk.”
As for Morata, Conte added,
“With Morata it was the same, but I made the decision to risk Morata in this game, because imagine if I decided to put Morata on the bench?”
Which is all fair enough, but wouldn`t we, in my opinion, have fared better by giving Zappacosta a run out?
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