Ruben Dias brushed off the idea that Manchester City were under-strength against Aston Villa as they dug out a 2-1 victory that continues their fine form.
Pep Guardiola was given a selection headache ahead of the trip when Ilkay Gundogan, John Stones and Kyle Walker were all ruled out to join Kevin De Bruyne and Ferran Torres on the sidelines; Phil Foden and Jack Grealish were only fit enough for the bench, where they sat alongside two goalkeepers and five academy players that had all featured in an Under-23s game on Monday night.
If the options from the bench were severely limited - the only substitution was Grealish in the 87th minute - Fernandinho, Nathan Ake and Aleks ZInchenko all merited their inclusion in the starting XI as
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