City can cope without Agero - Kompany

While Tevez's absence was due to his falling out with the manager, Aguero is awaiting a second scan on an injury suffered in Manchester City's 3-2 win over Southampton on Sunday, following a tackle by Nathaniel Clyne.

"We lost Sergio, which was sort of a blow, but I just go back to when we lost Carlos for most of the season and coped well with that," Kompany said. "I hope Sergio won't be out for that long [eight months] but I would point to last season where we had to cope with these kind of issues and we did it very well. If we have to, I'm sure we will again."