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I see this repeated a lot but it’s not true in reality. Pep and Klopp rotate more than anyone. Having deep benches allow you to do that. Clubs with shallower benches are forced to play their best XI more often.

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That is actually only partly true, city has one of the smaller squads - though oep rotates alot in his “17” outfield squad

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Depth isn’t only a matter of numbers, it’s also a matter of quality.

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That I agree with, but remeber that quality also allows you to use players like akanji, rico, stephen very often

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This is a really important point that people often do not consider.

One thing is to rotate with a squad that is made up of players of lower quality than your starting XI, another thing is to rotate when you have a 100m player on the bench.

Sure you can choose to rotate to protect your players, but it’s perfectly understandable that coaches that are first and foremost judged by results are reluctant to do that if rotation means likely dropping more points during the season.

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