Neil Warnock has warned he might "play the reserves" when Cardiff travel to Manchester City on Wednesday.
Liverpool are back on top of the Premier League Liverpool's lucky punch keeps them on course - but Jurgen Klopp continues building title momentum at Anfield on Sunday, but Pep Guardiola's men could re-take the lead with a win over the Bluebirds.
Cardiff are fighting for their lives after a controversial defeat to Chelsea and an angry Warnock admitted during two separate interviews that the priority could be to ensure the defending champions don't wrack up the goals at the Etihad on Wednesday night.
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He firstly said: "I think we can keep the score down at Man City, I think we can keep it to single figures.
Liverpool's lucky punch keeps them on course - but Jurgen Klopp continues building title momentum
"But I might play the reserves down there, it’ll be interesting to see what the journalists think of that."
And Warnock added: "We keep getting knock-backs, I will probably play the U23s on Wednesday against Manchester City and try to keep it down to 10 or 11. It doesn't matter who you play at the minute, it is who has a flag in his hand and who has a whistle."
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