Arsenal legend Thierry Henry believes that Manchester City can't use the absence of Sergio Aguero as an excuse for the result against Aston Villa, and they must learn how to function without him.

City were once again without their injured striker and failed to find the net in the goalless draw away to bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa.

"Overall I thought the play from City was very lethargic," Henry told Sky Sports.

"They were not at it, you can complain and say maybe if Aguero was there, he would have finished, but he wasn't. You need to be able to do that without him sometimes, and they did not manage to do that.

"It wasn't good enough for City to win the game against a team that was well organised. I know people will say at the end they [Villa] were kind of lucky, but when you work really hard as a team luck goes your way."