Pellegrini has the option of giving 18-year-old forward Kelechi Iheanacho a full debut for the club.
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At present they are second in the Premier League.
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has vowed to play a strong starting line-up when his side host Crystal Palace in the League Cup round of 16 on Wednesday, the Daily Mail report.
“When you play the final of a cup at Wembley with 90,000 people, I think it’s always a very important cup”.
But with a key Champions League trip to Sevilla scheduled three days after the weekend’s home meeting with Norwich, Pellegrini could shuffle his pack.
Whatever the line up expectancy will be high of at least one more tie, and ahead of the game we’re looking for your views on what way you think it will go, which obviously requires you to vote in the latest poll one of two ways… Palace have an impressive away record under Pardew, but City will have enough quality in the final third to take their chances to put the game beyond the reach of the Eagles. Sunday’s drab Manchester derby showed another side to the league leaders, with Pellegrini’s decision to field two holding midfielders helping to nullify United and inviting praise from several pundits. That’s why I was pleased about the point.
Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Samir Nasri, Fabian Delph and Gael Clichy will sit out the clash with Alan Pardew’s team at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. We’re always going to have the mentality of a big team, always go for the game from the beginning.
“When you have a strong squad, it’s good for the players who for different reasons aren’t playing. We have important players that, maybe not in one month but in a couple of years, will play in the first team”.
He said: “I like to defend very well”.
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Garcia may get his chance in place of the injured Silva, while Pellegrini will need to make a change in central midfield after Fernandinho picked up his fifth booking of the season against United – earning him a one-game ban. “I hope that tomorrow we can return to our normal performance”.
