Guardiola to continue giving youngsters opportunities after impressive Cup win against Watford

In a thrilling match, City emerged victorious with a scoreline of 2-1 thanks to stunning goals from Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes. However, Watford put up a fight till the end with Thomas Ince managing to score a late goal.

Guardiola said afterwards: “The next round, I announce you, I play the second team.

"We are not going to waste energy, for sure.

"The schedule is the schedule, we cannot handle it anyway.

"Today for (James) McAtee, Matheus (Nunes), Jack (Grealish), Phil (Foden), who didn't play, the young lad, 16 years old, it's perfect. 

“That's why it's a good competition, otherwise we wouldn’t win four in a row.

“We play to go through. We never throw a competition. Never. But we played 50 hours ago. I’m not going to  risk with the Premier League and the Champions League in this competition.”