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Published 18:30 30 Nov 2021 GMT
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"We are in an emergency in the squad because we have few, few, few people," he said in his pre-match press conference.
"We never complain when it is not possible for players to play because of injuries or red cards because I trust the squad a lot and other players can come in.
"But we are in real trouble for December - the toughest month of the year. We have just 14 or 15, players. And a lot of players have played a lot of minutes."
Despite having a host of players out, City do have 15 senior players available for the Villa match - even without Foden and Grealish - as John Stones is fit.
It is also thought that young stars Cole Palmer and James Mcatee will be involved with the team.
It is unclear how long De Bruyne will be out for, with the City boss admitting that the Belgian needs to get through some work on the training pitch before he can considered for selection.
"Kevin is back but he needs time to be fit," said Guardiola. "All the people who had Covid explain that they are drained and tired and need time and Kevin is a player who needs to be fit otherwise he cannot show his top quality."
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