Manchester City have three expensive star strikers, Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko and boss Roberto Mancini will not be trying to play all of them at the same time after mixed success with the formation in recent games. The Italian selected the trio for the recent encounters with Aris and Fulham.
Although the policy worked against Aris as City cruised into the Europa League last 16, it did not in the Fulham encounter when Tevez and Dzeko failed to impress.
Mancini is not tempted to play Balotelli alongside Tevez and Dzeko again until he has a full complement of players to pick from.
"At this moment I don't think we can play all three," said Mancini.
"The team is too tired.
"Maybe when all the players have recovered and we have more options but as it presently stands, it is important we have proper balance."
