Manager Manuel Pellegrini says absences to key attacking players will force him to adopt a new approach when his Manchester City side host Crystal Palace on Saturday.

With top scorer Sergio Aguero already sidelined until the new year with a knee problem, Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic both missed last weekend's 1-0 Barclays Premier League victory at Leicester City.

And Pellegrini revealed on Friday that the pair have not recovered in time for this weekend's meeting with Palace, meaning youngster Jose Angel Pozo is in line for a second consecutive start. "We are without Jovetic, Dzeko, Aguero," said Pellegrini. "We must change the way we play, a different system."

To compound City's problems, there will also be a hole to fill at the back where their captain Vincent Kompany will once again be missing after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury at Leicester.

"Vincent is recovering from his injury but he is not fit," said the Chilean, who can nonetheless draw succour from the fact that his side are on a seven-match winning run in all competitions and would pull level with Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea with a home victory over Palace on Saturday.

Indeed Pellegini's opposite number, Neil Warnock, has laughed off talk of an injury crisis, stressing City have the strength in depth to cope with the absences.

"Aguero is as good as anything, him and [Chelsea striker] Diego Costa are probably the best two in the Premier League," he added. "But if they wanted to give me Samir Nasri and David Silva I would take them tomorrow.

"I think they are as good as anybody in the country, those two. The difference between the top clubs and everyone at the bottom end is that every player in the 25 is a top international player who can play in several positions."

For their part Crystal Palace have just one win from their last 10 top-flight matches, and Warnock knows his side will need to be at their best to stand a chance of picking up a positive result this weekend.

"They are just hitting their form," he said. "It is always difficult to go to the Etihad - they play some wonderful football, but we have been playing well, so we do not go there with any fear.

"But we realise we have got to be on top of our game to come away with anything. We know our goalkeeper and our back four have got to play well and we have got to create chances.

"We have got to know what we are doing and be on top of our game - we have done that well recently but we step it up another gear now.

"We did well at Swansea (1-1) and Spurs (0-0), but now this is another challenge. We are going to the most difficult place, along with Stamford Bridge, so it is a good challenge for us."

The Eagles, who have not won at City since 1990, will be without Marouane Chamakh, ruled out with a hamstring problem, while Adrian Mariappa has returned to training after a knee injury.

Manchester City (from): Caballero, Hart, Wright, Boyata, Clichy, Demichelis, Kolarov, Kompany, Mangala, Nastasic, Sagna, Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Fernando, Lampard, Milner, Nasri, Navas, Silva, Sinclair, Toure, Pozo.

Crystal Palace (from): Hennessey, Kettings, Speroni, Dann, Delaney, Fryers, Hangeland, Kelly, Mariappa, Ward, Bannan, Bolasie, Jedinak, Ledley, McArthur, Puncheon, Thomas, Campbell, Gayle, Johnson, Zaha.


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All hail Crystal Palace.

j

Hmmmm any body that wins I hail

#team man.city

make man city at least draw today na, Or dem lose....una knw say premiership this season go b lyk.

buhari vs jonathan......2 man horse race.

Rams to the slaughter house

up man united

abeg
my money o...... straight win ni o

jnrbanks:
j

for joblessness

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City ol dah wae

cynthia3d:
Hmmmm any body that wins I hail

You self dey book space.. Anyways ion watch football matches'

Waiting in anticipation...

Ihanacho will be a perfect replacement for Aguero. City all the way till we topple the fluke, chelsea.

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3-1 in favour of MCFC.

Ovie56:
abeg
my money o...... straight win ni o

ahaha!! guy why u no reason am well nau?? Man-city go lose oooo!!! Any am sorry 4 ur ticket hope u no put too much money!

Hmmmmm!! #team crystalpalace# oh god of soccer be with dis team 4 today game!!

GAME ON!

yaya my fpl goal

Manshitty playing witout a striker

ok but crystal p go win by 2:1 . Even though i nor b any of dem fan.

Must see

Yez nice line up

hediotic nasiru wan score

tundeayo2020:
ok but crystal p go win by 2:1

no lemme para 4 u oooo. Money is involve oooo

A4dams:
no lemme para 4 u oooo. Money is involve oooo

lol
naija men and nairabet na twins of different mama

at least draw chelsea on top till the of season