City’s captain, returning as a second-half substitute after eight matches out with a calf injury, lasted only eight minutes before he had to come off.
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“We are trying to find the reasons why he has so many injuries in his calf but we will do all the tests we need to to try to understand why”, said Pellegrini. “I don’t think less than three or four weeks”, Pellegrini said.
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Manuel Pellegrini is adamant Manchester City can win trophies without Vincent Kompany – and fears they may have to prove it.
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“I am not a doctor, but with a muscle injury, it will be very hard for him to be back in less than four weeks”.
And Pellegrini, whose side sit three points off top spot, reckons his men should have ended a winless away run in the top flight that stretches back to September. “But if we win there we are on the same amount of points and we are there on top of the table with some other teams so at the moment everything is fine”. We can not think all the mistakes are just because Vincent isn’t playing.
The Belgian will be assessed by the club’s medical team in a bid to discover the extent of the latest setback, but will miss Tuesday’s clash at title rivals Leicester and is expected to face another long spell on the sidelines.
“Everyone was angry, we didn’t play well”, he said. City have conceded one league goal when he has played, and 19 when he has not. “I can only say well done to our players and our fans are unbelievable, they support us and they push us”.
“Some players raised their performance and the team played the way we normally do every day of the week”.
“Next we have to play against Leicester. Nobody wins the title in December, but it doesn’t mean it will be easy to beat Leicester. In the second half of the season we have to play teams around us. Now it is my time to make some big decisions about that squad, and think about the January window and ask ‘who can we bring in?’ and ‘who am I going to move out?'”.
Sunderland struggled to create chances, lone striker Steven Fletcher lifting an angled shot over the bar after getting in front of Mangala to reach Patrick van Aanholt’s left-wing cross, before Borini saw a shot beaten out at the near post by Joe Hart.
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Allardyce, who was without centre-back Younes Kaboul, felt his defence were opened up too easily by City.
