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Manuel Pellegrini came out fighting after City’s defeat to Liverpool and said he would pick the same XI again.

He will get the chance to do exactly that on Wednesday - because there will be no David Silva, Vincent Kompany or Wilfried Bony to come in and boost his depleted troops.

The key men City were missing against Jurgen Klopp’s side will remain absent in Turin as the City boss indicated that no player currently injured will be fit for the Juventus match.

“It’s not the moment to talk about the injuries,” he said.

“They are still injured. We hope in the future they can recover as soon as they can, but I don’t think any of them will be ready for Wednesday.”

The loss of Kompany was keenly felt against Liverpool as the defence appeared to lack leadership and cohesion and were routinely opened up in the 4-1 defeat.

Pellegrini was again unwilling to discuss why Nicolas Otamendi was an unused substitute in that game, although he could be an option if the manager opts to shuffle his pack after analysing the game.

“I don’t want to talk about individual players,” he said “because we are trying to think that [Martin] Demichelis and [Eliaquim] Mangala are guilty about the game, but I don’t think in that way.

“I think we played very bad in defending, we played very bad in midfield, we played very bad in attacking, so I don’t think that’s the reason.

“If not, then we will have to analyse a lot of things like if Sagna was tired or not tired, should he play? So not just one name.”

One of the few highlights from the Liverpool game was the performance of Sergio Aguero.

A player that has often been slow to find his top form after returning from injury, the Argentine looked fully up to speed as he bent the ball past Simon Mignolet for City’s only goal of the game.

With Silva, Nasri and Bony all sidelined and Kelechi Iheanacho ineligible for Champions League games, looking after Aguero becomes even more crucial for the Blues.

“I think it was important for him not to play more than 60-65 minutes,” said Pellegrini, “but I think it was also important for him to play.”

Despite their injury problems, City will still go to Turin looking to secure top spot in the group rather than settle for a draw.

“The important thing is to try to recover our performance, said the coach.

“It’s important to try to win, we always try to win.

“If you can’t win then, of course, it’s always good to get a point, but we are not going to go to Juventus just to try to draw.”