Manchester City couldn't count on Sergio Aguero for the FA Cup match on Sunday. It was Pep Guardiola who confirmed the reason why the Argentine wasn't there.
"Unfortunately Aguero was in contact, more than usual, with a person who is (COVID-19) positive so he isolates for a few days", the Manchester City boss said after going through.
However, as Guardiola assured, the Manchester City striker tested negative in the COVID test. "He is negative and he is negative now too, but the protocol says if we have been in contact we have to isolate", he added.
Guardiola also spoke about the recovery of Aymeric Laporte: "Yesterday Laporte had a first training session alone. So hopefully in one week, I don't know exactly but hopefully one week, ten days, he will be okay".
"If you follow the trajectory of our team since I arrived, we didn't drop one game. That's why we are in a fourth Carabao Cup final in a row. Every game we play, we will try to win and if the players are more or less fresh, I will use them", Guardiola ended.