Sergio Aguero will miss Manchester City vs Cardiff with injury | Football News

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Pep Guardiola confirmed that Sergio Aguero would miss the Manchester City match against Cardiff on Wednesday.

Aguero was pulled out in the middle of the second half of Saturday's 2-0 win over Fulham, although Guardiola qualified the substitution for "precaution" in his post-match comments.

The Spaniard has now confirmed that Aguero will miss the match against Cardiff, live from Sky Sports Premier League, but could return to face Brighton in the semi-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday.

"He has not trained these past two days, tomorrow he is not able to [to play]Guardiola said, "Let's hope it's Saturday or next Tuesday, but we'll see the evolution in the next few days."

Guardiola confirmed that Gabriel Jesus would leave in the place of Aguero against Cardiff.

Jesus has scored 17 goals in 37 games this season and Guardiola is confident that the Brazilian will be able to face the pressure of leading the line in the absence of Aguero.

When asked if Jesus was ready for the challenge, Guardiola replied, "Sure, it's a challenge, but he had a good season.

"It's not easy to play in this club as an attacker, with Sergio's position." Gabriel fights a legend, an incredible player.

"The best season with Sergio is this season.

"At the same time [Jesus] is a respectful guy and when he plays, he plays well. Tomorrow he will help us, score goals, fight and create spaces for others.

"He's going to do a job."

Cardiff is currently at five points of safety in the Premier League after his controversial 2-1 defeat against Chelsea on Sunday.

However, Guardiola takes nothing for granted against Neil Warnock's team.

He said: "It's a final at every game." Cardiff, what I saw in the last game against Chelsea, is alive, they have the spirit and what they they do it well, it's not like the team has finished. "

The city started the league's two-point lead, Liverpool, after the Reds won Sunday against Tottenham.

Guardiola expects Liverpool to maintain his challenge until the end of the season and insists that his team be fully prepared for the title race that will take place over the course of the season.

He said: "Nobody said it would be easy, I know it, we knew it was a better challenge, we agreed to fight against an incredible team.

"Yesterday when I saw Arsenal and how good they are playing in the last period with an amazing manager at Unai [Emery]The incredible distance we have is because we have done incredibly so far.

"Everyone is eager to live what we are going to live in the next few weeks, but we know at the same time that we can lose everything in a week."