Pep Guardiola has played down the suggestion that Benjamin Mendy has been left out of the Manchester City side in recent weeks due to a disciplinary issue, but confirmed that he "spoke with" the left-back after turning up late for training last Sunday.
Mendy has missed the past four City games with a bruised metatarsal, although some suspicion was aroused given Guadiola had initially claimed the Frenchman was suffering with a knee injury.
Goal revealed in August that Mendy had been fined for being late to training ahead of the season opener with Arsenal, and that Guardiola had made him move out of Manchester city centre to limit the number of off-field distractions available to him.