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Vincent Kompany frustrated by injury recurrence
Pellegrini said: “Vincent has had a long recovery and we hope that he will not have more problems in the future”.
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City have looked a far more solid unit when the Belgium centre-back has played; they have not kept a clean sheet in the Premier League this season without him, and their vulnerability has been exposed too often.
“Then we think about Leicester. We lost important points against Arsenal – a game of six points – but it was not a decisive game as I said before the match”.
Pellegrini attempted to ease his influential captain back into action as a second-half substitute after an eight-game absence as City cantered towards victory at the Etihad Stadium, but the Belgian lasted just nine minutes. He was ready to return, I didn’t want him to play for the whole game as we have to play so many games, but he worked all week with normality and it’s hard to understand what happened.
“We need Vincent, but this team doesn’t depend on one player”.
‘I won’t give up that dream’.
“So we will see with the doctor’s report – it’s the same injury with his calf”.
It was more than comfortable in the end for the Citizens, with a 4-1 defeat keeping Sunderland well in the relegation zone and firmly in trouble as their tough festive run continues.
Three straight defeats in December has left Sam Allardyce’s side five from safety and with games away at City and at home to Liverpool to finish the year, the situation could be bleaker come 2016.
The 29-year-old was crestfallen for not having played and revealed that he will do everything to get back to full fitness and help his team’s title race.
“Obviously they haven’t done as well as they should have done”.
Playmaker Samir Nasri, who is expected to be out until the spring after a tendon operation, is now the only major absentee.
Pellegrini led Man City to the League Cup and Premier League titles in the 2013-14 season – his first year at the helm – but the team stumbled the following year and finished second in the Premier League behind Chelsea.
Kompany added via his Facebook page: “My body feels invincible – the best it’s ever been – but I’m challenged by a number of small and local injuries”.
Sunderland got a goal back on 59 minutes after Borini stabbed home at the second attempt.
But he knows well enough the imminent return of Kompany – after the latest in a series of muscle problems – gives his team a big lift.
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“Until we start getting better defensively, we are going to struggle to get results”.