Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini refused to explain his team selection after their 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool.
Pellegrini's decision to leave out centre-back Nicolas Otamendi and midfielder Fernandinho, two of City's most consistent performers recently, was questioned but the Chilean refused to expand on his team selection - or his reasons for substituting captain Yaya Toure and Jesus Navas at half-time.
"I will not explain the starting XI, if I had to choose the same starting XI again I would do," he said.
"There are a lot of things why I took the decisions with the starting XI but there was not one thing.
"I was not happy with the performance of the 11 players, not just Yaya and Navas when I substituted them at half-time.
"We tried to make another system and press high but it was exactly the same, it was not our night."
Pellegrini also refused to discuss the performance of Raheem Sterling on his first appearance against the club he left in the summer in a £49million deal.
"I don't want to talk about one player," he said.
"These things sometimes happen in football, why we played so badly today - that is why I do not want to talk about one player or a tactical system."
Source: tribalfootball.com