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		</div><p>Pep Guardiola hopes Benjamin Mendy can play a key role for Manchester City in the remainder of the season.</p>
<p>The French left-back made his latest comeback from injury as a second-half substitute in the second leg of City’s Carabao Cup semi-final stroll against Burton on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The 24-year-old played 27 minutes as City saw out a 1-0 win on a freezing night at the Pirelli Stadium to complete a 10-0 aggregate success over the League One side.</p>
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<p>Mendy had been out since undergoing knee surgery in November – his second serious operation since joining City in 2017.</p>
<p>“It was good,” said manager Guardiola. <em>“I spoke with him after the game and he said he (there was) no pain. He was a little bit tired but (had) no pain in the knee, and that’s important.</em></p>
<p><em>“And we saw in the few minutes (he played), he arrived three or four times at the byline, getting in the crosses and he’s a special talent.</em></p>
<p><em>“Hopefully he can, step by step, get minutes and he can help us in the last part of the season.”</em></p>
<p>City’s place at Wembley was already a foregone conclusion after their 9-0 victory in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium but Guardiola still ensured there were a few senior stars on show.</p>
<p>Sergio Aguero scored the only goal after 26 minutes while Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Fabian Delph also all featured.</p>
<p>Phil Foden was given another run out while starts were also given to promising youngsters Eric Garcia, Philippe Sandler and Ian Poveda-Ocampo.</p>
<p>De Bruyne’s appearance was just his 14th of an injury-hit campaign, and only his eighth start.</p>
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<p>Guardiola felt it was important to give the influential Belgium playmaker game time and even deployed him in a deeper role to help bring him back up to full speed.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“I wanted to see Kevin with a lot of touches. He is a player who needs to be in contact with the ball and playing in that position you normally touch the ball more. That’s why we played that game for his training.</em></p>
<p><em>“He was a long time injured. You need the power in your legs and the minutes. We need him and step by step, he’s coming back.”</em></p>
<p>Burton, who are mid-table in League One, now return to regular business and a visit from Bradford this weekend but manager Nigel Clough will take much from the Brewers’ cup run.</p>
<p>Clough said: <em>“There are three things you can get from cups – finances, glory and confidence. We’ve had all three from this cup run.</em></p>
<p><em>“There’ll be much bigger clubs wishing they were in the semi-final.”</em></p>
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