Kompany’s influence on the City side is huge and the team need him fit to bolster their Barclays Premier League title bid in the second half of the season.
Advertisement
Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez going nowhere – Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri
Pellegrini’s side have scored just one goal in their last five Premier League away games. I’d like my players to continue to fight like today.
He said: “Yes of course we are in a good position”.
Iowa gears up to stop Stanford’s McCaffrey in Rose Bowl
Iowa running back Jordan Canzeri (33) carries the ball as Michigan State’s Darien Harris (45) defends on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The Hawkeyes, on the other hand, went undefeated before narrowly losing to Michigan St.in the BIG 10 championship game.
Pellegrini said promoted Watford, ninth in the league and seven points behind City, were doing a great job but his side were in a good position.
Auburn 31, Memphis 10
Sean White , a red-shirt freshman, has played in six games and completed 75-of-130 passes for 1,064 yards and a touchdown. Sure they had a lot of time to prepare and get healthy, but this was by far the best that defense has looked all year.
After defeat at Anfield on Boxing Day, some questioned the title credentials of Claudio Ranieri’s team but they silenced their critics with another superb performance on Tuesday night as they more than held their own against many people’s favourites for the crown.
“This league is very insane”.
Kompany had missed the eight games prior to stepping off the bench against the Black Cats, while he has since missed Tuesday’s goalless draw at Leicester. “I’m not happy, but I’m not disappointed either because we played well, but didn’t score”.
“I am three years older than him, but Mangala and the rest of my colleagues have a lot of worldwide experience, plus Champions League and other European experience”, he said. “I think that we have a system and it is very important when we play to get the amount of points needed to win the title”. “We’re not where we want to be, but we’re right in there without playing very well”.
‘Really I think the squad is complete, ‘ he said. We are very strong at home.
Sergio Aguero started against Leicester as he continues to be eased back in only his second appearance since returning from injury. In the second half of the season we will keep improving and if you ask me if I’m happy, I say yes because we are near the top of the table.
“And I always say, if you can not win, don’t lose it. But I think we did all from the beginning to the end to try to win the game”.
City have reached the halfway point of the season with 36 points, three behind joint leaders Arsenal and Leicester City.
“I wanted to see a reaction from the Liverpool game and it was good”, the Italian told reporters.
City remain without a win away from home in six league outings, and that has contributed to the fact that they have fallen three points off the pace behind Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Advertisement
“I’d love this to continue but it’s not easy”.
