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Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement said in-form star Mohamed Toure was rested for the club’s 2-1 win over Birmingham City as he explained the Socceroo’s absence. Toure was not in the squad for Norwich, who celebrated back-to-back wins thanks to goals from Oscar Schwartau and Papa Amadou Diallo on Thursday (AEST). AUSSIES ABROAD: Socceroo makes Champions League debut on historic night for his club but succumb to 12-minute hat-trick ANGE: What Postecoglou said after Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr equal a record set by River Plate and Benfica Speaking to reporters post-game, Clement was asked about the squad changes and the selection headaches it brings and Toure – who has scored the most goals in the Championship since his debut in February – was part of that discussion. “It will not be possible to play everybody every game, but that creates also certain freshness,” he said. “Today we made the decision not to have Anis (Ben Slimane) and Mo in the selection, also because they gave a lot the last couple of weeks. “And they’re fresh now for the next block of games to come. So it will be everybody’s turn, one moment to not be on the bench or not be playing, but it creates also freshness for the next block to come. “I’ve been talking a lot about that, too much for me, the last two weeks. Last season we were all the time talking about this list of 12 players or more that were not available and finding solutions and everything. This is the only way not to get to the old situation again, what we are doing now but it’s nothing special, totally nothing special. “It’s what we did in Monaco, it’s what we did in Bruges. It’s what every Premier League club is doing. So there’s not one player in Premier League who plays every three days, who starts every three days. Big names, big internationals are sometimes in moments not in a selection to create freshness for the next block of games. It’s a normal thing in modern football. “I hope the next couple of months I don’t need to explain that every time.”