Pep Guardiola announced that Sergio Aguero suffered a hamstring injury that forced him off in Saturday’s 1-1 draw in West Ham.
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The Argentine striker was only back in action last weekend after four months on the sidelines after knee surgery.
After playing the first 45 minutes at the London Stadium, he was replaced by Phil Foden at the beginning of the second half. Foden equalized to prevent Mikhail Antonio from opening the first half.
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And the City boss announced that he was waiting to discover the full extent of our record player’s injury.
“It’s a muscle (injury). Hamstring i think. We’ll know tomorrow, ”revealed Guardiola.
Aguero’s setback was the latest in a series of injury and illness problems for key players that have hampered our start to the new season
But Guardiola admitted it was a test scenario that he and his staff had to deal with and work through.
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“I’m not complaining about it. I could complain about the first goal, I didn’t say anything.
“The reality is we have had four out of five people with COVID. We didn’t have time for regeneration, ”added Guardiola.
“Our striker (Gabriel Jesus) was injured in the first game. Sergio was on the road for four months. Kevin was injured. Gundogan came back from COVID.
“To play every three days, you need the whole squad. It’s harder not to have the whole squad.
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“I’m not saying that’s the reason, I’m just putting it on the table. It’s the reality. ”
The result placed City 12th in the table with eight points from five games – the lowest return in this phase of the season for six years.
For his part, Guardiola admitted it was a frustrating scenario but insisted that the collective focus would not be distracted by the attention now shifting to Tuesday’s Champions League trip to Marseille.
“I’d rather have the results. We have to find out where we are, ”added the boss.
“It’s time to fight for the injuries, the lack of preparation and the tough games we’ve been playing so far. The players did absolutely everything.
“Now we are recovering and thinking about the next game in the Champions League (away to Marseille).
“We started very well. We conceded a goal from the first action. After we fought in the first half. We couldn’t find the pass.
“We had chances in the end, three or four that we couldn’t convert.”
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