Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero could be out of action for several weeks after picking up a hamstring injury in the 3-0 win over Stoke.
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Aguero scored City's third goal against the Potters, from the penalty spot, but departed the game shortly afterwards and was replaced by Carlos Tevez.
The 24-year-old is likely to miss this weekend's FA Cup third-round tie with Watford as well as a league clash with Arsenal.
"It's bad enough, he won't play on Saturday," said assistant manager David Platt. "It's difficult to assess an injury like that [and] how long it's going to be.
"Saturday he'll be out and my experience would say he'd be doubtful for Arsenal."
At this stage Platt was non-committal to exactly how long the Argentine international is likely to be out for.
"There's different degrees of hamstring, that's why you need 48 hours [to assess] it's not just 'it's a hamstring and this is how long it's going to be', there are different degrees of the tear that are in there.
"It's far too early, I haven't got the qualities to scan his legs. There'll be a lot of swelling in there, a bit of bleeding in there.
"We won't know for 48 hours how long it's going to be and how quick it's going to settle down. Of course it's a blow, but I think that's what you run the risk of."
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