Pep Guardiola says that he regrets not taking Vincent Kompany off before the Manchester City skipper suffered his latest injury setback.
Kompany sustained a groin injury in last week's EFL Cup win at Swansea and walked straight off the pitch in added time, leaving City to defend a 2-1 lead with only 10 men.
The 30-year-old Belgian was making his first appearance in nearly five months following a spate of muscle injuries that have put his City career in jeopardy, and Guardiola wishes that he had replaced Kompany earlier at the Liberty Stadium.
'Yes, maybe, now I would like to play him for 85 (minutes),' said the City boss, adding that Kompany had been told to let the bench know if he had any problems.