Manchester City have trained at the City Football Academy ahead of Tuesday's Champions League trip to Villarreal.
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Erling Haaland wraps up against the cold as City trained on Monday morning
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Abdukodir Khusanov and Rodri both missed training on Monday as Manchester City prepared to face Villarreal in the Champions League.
The Blues trained at the City Football Academy ahead of their afternoon flight to Spain and defender Khusanov and midfielder Rodri were the only absentees from the first-team squad.
Khusanov hasn't featured since limping out of the draw at Arsenal with an ankle injury, while Rodri injured a hamstring in the win at Brentford at the start of October.
Pep Guardiola has said the Ballon d'Or winner is likely to miss the games against Villarreal and Aston Villa this week, while Khusanov won't return in time for the Champions League fixture.
Rayan Ait-Nouri did train again, having returned to training at the end of last week but not been fit enough to make the bench against Everton at the weekend.
Kalvin Phillips also trained as part of the 24-man group, but he is ineligible for the game having not been named in City's Champions League squad. There were no academy graduates involved in the session.
Mateo Kovacic made his first appearance of the season on Saturday, coming off the bench for the final four minutes, while Rayan Cherki was also back in action for the first time since August. He replaced Savinho for the final few minutes.
City head to Spain on an unbeaten run that now stretches to eight games in all competitions and they have four points from their opening two Champions League fixtures, having drawn 2-2 at Monaco last time out.
That adds a little bit of pressure to this game against a side who sit third in La Liga after a promising start to the campaign.
Full training squad
Goalkeepers: Donnarumma, Trafford, Bettinelli, Ortega
Defenders: Nunes, Lewis, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Ait-Nouri
Midfielders: Gonzalez, Phillips, Kovacic, Reijnders, Silva, Foden, Cherki
Forwards: Bobb, Doku, Savinho, Marmoush, Haaland
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