Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will find out
on Thursday the severity of Sergio Aguero's latest injury setback.
Aguero set City on their way to a 5-1 win at 10-man
Tottenham on Wednesday before he limped off with a hamstring problem just
before half-time.
Yaya Toure, Edin Dzeko, Stevan Jovetic and Vincent
Kompany were also on target at White Hart Lane as City surged to the top of the
Premier League, but the victory was soured somewhat by striker Aguero departing
hurt, having only just overcome a calf complaint.
Pellegrini, though, knows that he has the firepower at
his disposal to cope without the Argentina international.
He said: "We tried not to depend on one player.
Sergio has just come back from another injury and when he didn't play, it was
the turn of (Alvaro) Negredo and Dzeko.
"We will always miss Sergio because he's a top
player and want him as soon as possible in the team. But at the moment with
Jovetic, Dzeko and Negredo, we have very important strikers."
Pellegrini insisted Danny Rose's red card was not a
turning point when City led 1-0. Rose was dismissed after he was adjudged to
have fouled Dzeko in the box and Toure made no mistake from the spot.
The Chilean said: "I don't think that was the big
decision because I think before the red card we missed at least five clear
chances to score in the first half and if we review the first 45 minutes, I
don't remember one chance for Tottenham so I think our team was the best team
from the beginning.
"I don't analyse the referee because I am not the
referee.
"I repeat that the sending off was not the thing
that changed the game."
Victory over Tottenham made it eight wins in a row in all
competitions for City.
"Yes of course (I'm happy)," he added.
"Not only because we are top of the league, but because I think the team
played very well today.
"We played against a very good team in a very good
moment. It's not easy to score here in their own stadium.
"We also defended very well so the performance of
the team was complete."
Culled from Soccerway
