Why did not Mehrez play against Liverpool?

MADRID (Reuters) – Manchester United star Reed Mehrez was ruled out of the match for Liverpool on Sunday in the Shield Shield.

The Algerian returned to Manchester City to train last Friday, after leading his country to win the Africa Cup of Nations, but missed the match for fear of a fall in the numbers. doping tests.

"Riyad continues to play with me after winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria and he told me to come back after 10 days of the final and I can not wait to participate to the Liverpool match, "said Guardiola in a speech broadcast by the BBC.

"I very much welcomed Mehrez's wish, but he took a medicine that the Manchester City doctor did not know and, to avoid an anti-doping test, he was expelled from Liverpool."

"We hope that Riyad will come back to the next game against West Ham United, and in the future everything will be normal."