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Sergio Aguero hamstring, Samir Nasri hamstring, Yaya Toure hamstring, Fabian Delph hamstring, Vincent Kompany calf, Aleks Kolarov hamstring.

No wonder City fans are starting to wonder if the glut of City injuries is more than just bad luck.

At times like this, supporters cast around in search of a scapegoat – is it the training methods, or the medical support, or the players' warm-up techniques?

Could it be their flash car, their bed or their love life?

Aguero last summer felt he had found the answer to his own persistent soft-tissue problems, and began a new regime that cut out red meat – a hard thing for an Argentinian to do – and other foodstuffs, and began a new regimen of strengthening exercises.

It seemed to have worked, until last Thursday, and now City face a month without him.

The sports injury data analyst Ben Dinnery floated his own theory this week, pointing out that the Blues flew 40,000 miles during the summer, during their pre-season jaunt to Australia and Vietnam.

It is an interesting idea, but you have to wonder how relevant it is in this day and age.

The Blues are no longer crammed into crowded cabins with holidaymaking hoi polloi.

They go first class, and that means beds, in-flight massages if necessary, plenty of sleep and relaxation.

And the circulation problems that the rest of us get at the rear end of the plane are avoided by regular strolls around the posh section.

City have an army of medical staff devoted to the welfare of their expensive squad – it is hard to believe they are leaving vital stones unturned in terms of care.

Maybe the truth is more about the way City began the season.

They did not just look sharp and hungry, they had an intensity about their game which came from months of chewing over the failures of last season.

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Right from the off City flew out of the blocks, their pressing game overwhelming teams and putting them on their heels – including champions Chelsea, who could not cope with the ravening force they found before them.

Kompany was at the forefront of that, and it seems apparent that his all-or-nothing approach to football has been behind his chequered injury history.

He is a sinew-straining, gut-busting kind of player, and his team were in the same mode at the start of this season.

There is also a big element of bad luck. Ankle ligament problems like those suffered by David Silva and Gael Clichy are just down to pure bad fortune and possibly, in Silva's case, a long medical history.

A few weeks back, Blues were celebrating the fact they had the strongest squad in their history – now is the time to put faith in it.