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For the second EFL Trophy game in a row, Manchester City will have to make some tough decisions around their academy stars next week.

Ben Wilkinson's side have had a mixed bag of it so far, beating Oldham Athletic 5-1 at Boundary Park before losing 3-0 to Bolton Wanderers. That makes next week's trip to the New York Stadium to face Rotherham the decisive fixture in their bid to reach the knockout stages.

Part of that is the learning curve for young footballers of suddenly going up against senior professionals, but against Bolton, they were compromised by the fact that the first team played at Huddersfield in the third round of the Carabao Cup the following night.

Ten academy graduates were named in Pep Guardiola's matchday squad and of those, Stephen Mfuni, Kaden Braithwaite

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