straight to your inbox Injury updates on Sergio Aguero were seen as being of key importance as Manchester City prepared to take on Real Madrid.
But Pep Guardiola hinted that the Blues legend might not have played even if he had recovered from a knee injury he picked up shortly after the Premier League re-start.
It was quickly forgotten that Aguero was an unused substitute when City won the first leg back in February, while Gabriel Jesus scored one and forced a red card offence from Sergio Ramos in a man of the match display.
With Aguero still having treatment in Barcelona this week, Jesus was at it again, setting up one and scoring the other in the 2-1 win on Friday night.And Guardiola dropped a big hint that he would have started.
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