Sweden manager Janne Andersson has explained why he left Celtic's Carl Starfelt out of his squad to play Kosovo.
The centre-back was bombed from the match day contingent in favour of Alex Milosevic for the Swedes' 3-0 victory in World Cup qualifying on Saturday.
Starfelt had been a recent recall to Andersson's setup having been left out of his Euro 2020 contingent and is a regular under Ange Postecoglou at Parkhead.
But he's yet to fully win over the Celtic support and, seemingly, the same applies to his national team boss.
Andersson admitted he felt Milosevic was a better option should Sweden come under the cosh as the game progressed.
He told Fotbollskanalen : “What we lose a little without Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a main player that can be decisive in situations if we get pressure on us at the end of a match or have to force forward.
"You want players who are very good main players. Then Isaac Kiese Thelin also disappeared this week [due to injury], and he is also a very good main player.
“What made me choose Alex before Carl is his main game status. If I had chosen a player from the start based on their entrance to the squad, Starfelt would have played.
"But when it came to the question of having a centre-back on the bench, I felt that Milosevic is very good on his head if we were to come under pressure towards the end or had to chase a goal.
“So my thoughts went there.”
