Man City are in second place in the league.
Manchester City are in an emergency with just a few senior players for the trip to Villa.
Aymeric Laporte is suspended for violating the terms of his contract, while Barcelona target Ferran Torres misses out with a foot problem.
Kevin de Bruyne will not play after testing negative for a drug.
Jack Grealish and Phil Foden are doubts.
The pair cannot play a lot of minutes if they are passed fit.
The busiest time of the season is when nine games are played in six weeks.
He said that they were in an emergency because there were not many people in the squad.
When injuries or red cards prevent players from playing, we don't complain because we know the squad can come in.
December is the toughest month of the year. There are 14 or 15 players. A lot of players have played a lot of minutes.
Even without Foden and Grealish, there are 15 senior players available for the Villa match.
Cole Palmer and James Mcatee are also expected to be involved.
The length of De Bruyne's absence is not certain, with the Belgian needing to do some work on the training ground before he can be considered.
He said that Kevin needs time to be fit. Kevin is a player who needs to be fit otherwise he cannot show his top quality, so all the people who had Covid explain that they are drained and tired and need time.
