Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero will
miss Saturday's trip to Aston Villa in the
Premier League with manager Manuel
Pellegrini resting him before their Champions
League encounter with Bayern Munich.
The Argentine scored twice in City's 4-1
thumping of champions Manchester United last
weekend but did not feature in Tuesday's 5-0
hammering of Wigan Athletic in the Capital
One Cup.
"Aguero finished the last derby in the last play
with a small pain, I think it was nothing
important but I think it was a risk for him to
play three games in the same week," Pellegrini
told a news conference.
"We will leave him for next Wednesday but he
will be absolutely fine."
Attacking midfielder David Silva, who has
missed City's last four matches with a thigh
injury, is also not in the squad for the match
at Villa Park and will be assessed before
Wednesday's home game against European
champions Bayern.
The Champions League Group D encounter is a
mouth-watering prospect but Pellegrini is
confident his players are not being distracted
by it.
"I am sure nobody is thinking about Bayern
Munich. We are all thinking about Aston Villa,"
he said.
"We know it is a strong team playing at home.
We need to play a very good game if we want
to win and we need to win away now."
City go into the match in fine scoring form,
having netted 12 goals in their last three
games in all competitions.
They have won all their home matches but
have found it harder on the road as they
slumped to a surprise 3-2 defeat at Cardiff
City last month and drew 0-0 at Stoke City.
They sit third in the table with 10 points from
five matches, level with Chelsea and Liverpool
and two behind pace-setters Arsenal and
Tottenham Hotspur.
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