Pep Guardiola named only six substitutes on the bench for Manchester City’s clash against Burnley.

Managers are allowed to include a maximum of seven subs but Guardiola insisted he had no option but to name just six.

“We don’t have any more players, that is thee reason why,” the Man City boss explained. We have one goalkeeper and five players.

“We could take one from second team but they played a game yesterday.”

BT Sport host Jake Humphrey took to Twitter to express his disapproval with Guardiola’s decision. He wasn’t buying the idea that a youth team player couldn’t have been promoted.

“To name six subs and claim he doesn’t have anyone else available shows him up,” Humphrey wrote on Twitter.

Humphrey wasn’t the only person to think that way. On the idea that the youth team playing yesterday meant Guardiola couldn’t name one as a sub, he added: “So they can’t join the 1st team today? Hear his team talk, be part of the warm-up, experience it first hand and spend 90 minutes on the bench?”

But perhaps nobody was as frustrated as Gary Neville.

Gary Neville's reaction is brilliant

The Manchester United legend slammed Guardiola for his decision, delivering a passionate response on Sky Sports.

"I think it's a joke, I absolutely think it's a joke,” Neville said.

"If you're a youth team manager at Manchester City, ring him up and ask which kid deserves that boost. Who has been playing well this season and who has worked hard?

"Forget the second team. Even if they played yesterday, bring one and put them on the bench. Bring a kid to travel with the team, help the kit man and put him on the bench to have the experience of being in a Premier League game. Give someone a boost at the club.

"If you're the Academy or reserve team manager at Manchester City you must think 'I'm wasting my time'. Forget the fact they've spent however much money, six players on the bench… to me it's like a protest.

"I'm not sure why he's peddling this theme. He's an absolutely incredible manager and the work he has done with this team is unbelievable and the team performance is absolutely outstanding.

"Things like that let you down. He doesn't need to do things like that."

It’s hard to disagree with Neville. You have to applaud his honesty.