Pep Guardiola is considering wrapping Sergio Aguero in cotton wool ahead of next week's Champions League showdown with Tottenham.
Aguero fired his 19th league goal of the campaign as Manchester City beat Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
However, Aguero was withdrawn before the hour after the Premier League's top scorer decided he couldn't continue.
The Argentina ace is expected to be rested for Wednesday's clash against Cardiff as Guardiola's men look to regain top spot from Liverpool .
However, Guardiola is reportedly weighing up whether to use Aguero in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Brighton , with the European clash with Spurs just three days later.
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The City chief attempted to downplay any injury issues around his talisman following the win over the Cottagers on Saturday.
"He says he felt something, but hopefully he's not injured," said Guardiola.
"He decided on not continuing. Hopefully it will not be a big issue.
"We'll see tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow."
City are still in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple, but on the league front, Guardiola believes only seven wins from their final seven matches will be enough to pip Liverpool to the title.
"Seven games left for the Premier League, and it's easy: we have to win every game to be champions," said Guardiola.
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"We have a tough, tough opponent. But that's the challenge.
"It was a tricky game for us after the international break.
"But the way we started was amazing, the players surprised me again.
"And we showed how focused we are to try to do our best.
"After that the game was a bit more controlled. The game was under control, that is the truth.
After the international break, people were tired, so I'm pretty sure in the next game our players will be a bit better. So we're just focusing on Cardiff now."
