Riyad Mahrez will struggle for minutes after his performance in Manchester City's victory over Newport County Choosing not to play their £60million signing would have been some statement A hostile Rodney Parade in difficult conditions for flair players does not suit him Yet that should not really matter - Riyad Mahrez’s destiny is in his own hands
By Jack Gaughan For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 22:36 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 16 February 2019
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Riyad Mahrez is a man desperate for minutes — but not these minutes. Not on a field of mud, not up against lower league defenders who have no qualms letting him know they are around.
What else could Manchester City do, though? Choosing not to play their £60million record signing, who last started a Premier League game on December 30, would have been some statement. Just get out there and get on with it.
A hostile Rodney Parade in difficult conditions for flair players is not the environment somebody of the Algerian’s ilk relishes. Yet that should not really matter. Mahrez’s destiny is in his own hands.
