Aguero set to hand Man City fitness boost ahead of Tottenham clash

Aguero set to hand Man City fitness boost ahead of Tottenham clash image

Sergio Aguero looks set to hand Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola a Champions League boost ahead of their clash with Tottenham.

The Argentina striker, who has missed City's last two games, trained with team-mates on Sunday ahead of the quarter-final first leg clash with Spurs on Tuesday .

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The Blues remained in London following Saturday's FA Cup semi-final win over Brighton .

And during a session at Charlton Athletic's The Valley stadium, Aguero, who suffered a knock in the Premier League win over Fulham just over a week ago, took part along with Fabian Delph, who is also returning from a lay-off.

While Aguero's availability as City's senior striker would provide an obvious benefit, Delph's return would give Guardiola another option in a defence affected by injury.

Stand-in left-back Oleksander Zinchenko is already out and right-back Kyle Walker was substituted at half-time against Brighton with a hamstring problem.

Left-back Benjamin Mendy made his first start in five months against the Seagulls following knee surgery, managing 79 minutes at Wembley Stadium.

And Guardiola gave a modest assessment of the France international's performance.

"It was a long long time he didn’t play one single game," the City manager said.

"He is training just one or two weeks. We have a lot of problems in the defensive part, especially the full-backs.

Benjamin Mendy Sergio Aguero Manchester City 2018-19

"So he started a bit like this, like that. But after he played confident and in the second half he played better."

Mendy, meanwhile, feels he is fully recovered after a number of set-backs.

"When I came back [previously] sometimes the swelling stayed," Mendy said. "But now it's good, we can forget the past and think about the future.

"I feel really fit and I want to give everything I can to help my team.

"I have missed a lot of games but my team-mates have been incredible so we need to trust and to believe we can go on and end up with a lot of trophies."

Delph's return would take City full-back contingent up to three, with Brazilian Danilo able to play on either side.