Is this Manuel Pellegrini's way of saying he doesn't care what happens in the rest of his Manchester City reign?
The Chilean manager will be replaced by Pep Guardiola in the summer, though the club are still fighting for honours on four fronts.
In what many considered an attempt to reduce this number to three, Pellegrini gave full debuts to no fewer than six youngsters in the FA Cup fifth round trip to Chelsea.
https://twitter.com/MCFC/status/701422102260350976
Some City fans were happy to see their youngsters given a chance
https://twitter.com/julianulian/status/701427956049125376
While others weren't quite so delighted.
https://twitter.com/ncustisTheSun/status/701424408011939840
The upcoming game against Dynamo Kiev, followed by Sunday's League Cup final, seem to have played a part
https://twitter.com/OfficialDjDel/status/701433202636943364
Experts were doing some quick mental maths
https://twitter.com/jacklang/status/701421955510099969
We were told there were a few names to look out for
https://twitter.com/_PaulHayward/status/701446415772471296
And they were on to something
https://twitter.com/FootyAccums/status/701445492144787456
The youngsters might have run out of steam in the second half, but they gave a good account of themselves
https://twitter.com/Krap_Curl/status/701442548901027843
https://twitter.com/itsHarryWills/status/701457230806261760
https://twitter.com/City_Sean/status/701458445992595457
In fact, the biggest complaints were about the more experienced players
https://twitter.com/TheDaisyCutter1/status/701443047549173761
We surely haven't seen the last of plenty of these City players, even if Chelsea had too much for them in the end.
