Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he's powerless from managing his players outside the club in the wake of Sergio Aguero's car accident.

Aguero is facing up to two to four weeks on the sidelines with a broken rib after the taxi in which he was travelling in Amsterdam crashed into a lamppost on Thursday night on his way to the airport.

Guardiola said the first he knew of Aguero's trip abroad was when he learned of the striker's involvement in the accident yesterday morning.

He said: “Day off. I'm not the police.

“I only knew [about the accident] this morning when I woke up.

"I don't want to know what my players do. If they're fathers, they have a full responsibility on their shoulders on and off the pitch.

“They know what they have to do. I have a private life, a family, there are rules and ways to live between each other and that's all.

“I think they have to be happy. I want the players to be happy. They have to rest mentally and physically and they have to enjoy their lives.

“If Sergio decides to go there, that's okay with me. The taxi driver didn't see the curve and the post. Sergio didn't drive.

“I know a player who got injured off a broken glass in the kitchen and cut his finger - he was out two months. There. Life is life."