It wouldn't be physical protection.
It's whether he may make a mistake that costs us an important game and then whether he's mentally up to carrying that mistake.
Or whether he'd get murdered by someone like Aguero (in the next game) and then suffer a major confidence crisis and never recover.
It's too easy when there is no responsibility on the decision to just think that he won't make a mistake or that's just part of being a footballer.
Whilst the former may be true and the latter certainly is true, managers have to think of ways of minimising the impact of either/both on the team and the player.
Well said, and Hibbo was immense against City