Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have an emergency ahead of the toughest month of the calendar. The City manager is unlikely to be able to welcome back Phil Foden, Jack Grealish or Kevin De Bruyne into the starting XI at Aston Villa after their recent absences, with De Bruyne unlikely to make the squad at all.
As well as having Ferran Torres also sidelined, there are fewer options in defence after Aymeric Laporte picked up a booking against West Ham that sees him ruled out of the trip to the Midlands.
John Stones could return to the side after being on the bench at the weekend with a virus, but there are a number of issues ahead of a run of nine games in 32 days for the Blues. "We are in an emergency in the squad.
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