straight to your inboxPep Guardiola suggested Manchester City will need their academy to get them through a busy January.
The Blues were without eight players for their 3-1 win at Chelsea on Sunday, with six missing after testing positive for Covid-19 and another two not fit enough to make the squad.
Despite the absences, it was a strong performance from Guardiola's side to defeat one of their rivals and kickstart a month that potentially includes nine games across three competitions.
City head to United in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday - a repeat of last year's semi-final but played out over one leg this time - and as happy as City's boss was with the display at Stamford Bridge he cautioned that their absences will make an assault on.
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