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.
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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.
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"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.
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"We will leave him for next Wednesday but he will be absolutely fine."
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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.
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The Champions League Group D encounter is a mouth-watering prospect but Pellegrini is confident his players are not being distracted by it.
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"I am sure nobody is thinking about Bayern Munich.
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We are all thinking about Aston Villa," he said.
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"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."
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City go into the match in fine scoring form, having netted 12 goals in their last three games in all competitions.