Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that both Vincent Kompany and David Silva are in contention to feature in the Premier League visit of Tottenham this weekend.
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Manchester City full-back Bacary Sagna thinks Manuel Pellegrini’s men are still the favourites for the Premier League title, despite trailing Leicester City by six points with 13 games to play.
The City captain has not played since Boxing Day when his planned comeback from the muscle problem sustained in November lasted just nine minutes.
“We’ll see what the starting XI is tomorrow – we’re not just thinking about one player and one game, we’re involved in a lot of competitions”.
“I think that every player that will play the game must be 100 per cent and Vincent has been working the last three weeks without any problems”. They have lost six of their 16 without him.
Eliaquim Mangala, Samir Nasri, Wilfried Bony, Jesus Navas and Kevin De Bruyne are also still sidelined. However, City have received less positive news regarding Fabian Delph.
City’s title hopes suffered a major blow last weekend when they were beaten 3-1 at home by Leicester City to leave them three points behind the surprise leaders, but Sagna reckons the Blues have the quality to beat any side in the Premier League and can still overhaul their rivals. He needs one week at least to return to work.
“It’s not a decisive game but a very important game – after we play for another 36 points”, Pellegrini said. “Unfortunately it is part of the season and we must try and manage with the players that we have”.
Pellegrini has made it clear that he would like to stay in the Premier League, but it now seems unlikely he will be on Chelsea’s radar.
“It’s hard with so many injuries in the same position”.
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David Silva is also fit but Fabian Delph is out for seven weeks with an Achilles injury and Bacary Sagna has a knee problem.
