Manchester City striker Erling Haaland isn't likely to make the pitch again until February.
Haaland remains sidelined with a foot injury.
"It's the bone. It needs time," Guardiola said. "With every injury you can do whatever you want but it's a question of time.
"It's fine but the doctors decided to stop for one week and maybe restart in Abu Dhabi.
"Hopefully at the end of this month he'll be ready. It was a little bit more than we expected in the beginning."
Guardiola added: "We need him.
"Hopefully he can come back and play the last four or five months without a problem."
