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Manchester City's Willy Caballero 'deserves' start over Claudio Bravo against West Ham, says Pep Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed Willy Caballero deserves his chance to impress against West Ham after dropping Claudio Bravo to the bench.

Guardiola made the surprising decision to hand Caballero a start between the sticks for the Premier League clash at the London Stadium on Wednesday night.

Caballero comes in for under-fire Bravo, who has endured an underwhelming and error-prone start to his career in England following his arrival from Barcelona.

Willy Caballero started in goal for Manchester City for their top-flight clash with West Hamu00a0
Willy Caballero started in goal for Manchester City for their top-flight clash with West Ham
u00a0Caballero kept a clean sheet in City's comfortable FA Cup win at Crystal Palace last weekendu00a0
Caballero kept a clean sheet in City's comfortable FA Cup win at Crystal Palace last weekend

And Guardiola, speaking prior to the top-flight clash, has explained why he opted to name Brave on his bench rather than hand him a start.