Barton was given his marching orders for a late challenge on the Spanish midfielder as his Newcastle side were defeated 3-0 by the Merseyside outfit back in 2009. When that happens Yaya will be part of the group and he will have the same chance to play all the games. United have a chance to get back to winning ways tonight when they travel to League One side Northampton Town in the EFL Cup. But with the arrival of Italian Antonio Conte, there has seemed to be a change in the young starR. Twelve months later and his two goals in a tense victory over Newcastle in the final week of the season put one hand on the Premier League trophy for his club. Afterwards in the dressing room he came up to me and said: That was very clinical of you. If you have to analyse me, maybe Im a bit more the playmaker, creative going forward and he wants me to be a little bit more stable and compact in defence. The message could not be clearer - he is not part of Pep Guardiolas Manchester City revolution. Getty Images6Alex Grimaldo was being scouted by Pep Guardiola during Benfica clash with BragaGetty I. However the England Under-21 star didn’t care about his starting position and even offered to play in goal if that got him into the first team squad on a regular basis.