De Bruyne ruled out of Manchester derby

Kevin De Bruyne will not feature in the Manchester derby as he has suffered a "big knock", but Guardiola hopes that he will be fit for the West Brom game in the Premier League on Saturday.

"Kevin cannot play. No way. He had a big knock in the leg. Hopefully he can play against West Brom, but I don't know," Guardiola said.

The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss then went on to say that Pablo Zabaleta will miss the game, Vincent Kompany and Sergio Aguero may play, and youngsters Pablo Maffeo and Aleix Garcia could play a part.

He added: "Pablo, I think, cannot play either. Vincent, I think he can. He will train and after we will see if he is fit. I need to see all the guys in training today. Then we will decide. Sergio is in contention.

"We are going to rotate. Some that haven't played are going to play, sure, firstly because they deserve it but also because there has been some tough games recently. People are tired.

"Pablo Maffeo and Aleix Garcia are with us and I am so happy about that. It's not easy when you are training with the first team but playing with the second team, but their attitude has been really good".