There was, however, some very good news for City on the injury front as prolific striker Sergio Aguero returned to full training yesterday and was pronounced fit and ready for the Arsenal match following his heel injury. Wilfried Bony has started in Aguero’s most recent absence but the Ivorian has also battled fitness issues much of the season.
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“We are not going to win the league, no. I don’t think we have broad enough shoulders to do it. At the moment we are first, but that means nothing, the big teams will wake up at some point”, Mahrez said.
“He’s put himself through the mill, he’s 29 years old now, he’s played about 4,000 games and he’s had the same amount of operations”.
City are third in the table, a point behind the Gunners, and Hart is displeased by what he perceives to be a lack of consistency in their performances. That’s the only thing that could halt Arsenal – the depth of City’s squad.
“It’s a shame it needs the dragon to be poked before we come out of the cage”. We need to be seeing games out more and not relying on that.
The Belgium global has started 19 of 23 games – contributing nine goals and nine assists.
“You have to appreciate there’ll be games when he can’t play now”. We need to step up.
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“If I’m on the field I’ll always give it my all but sometimes afterwards you think “Yeah, maybe I was a little bit tired” and maybe it would have been better to have had a rest”. “We probably were, but it’s not an excuse I will use – I refuse to”. I want to keep improving for all the teams I play for. “We have players who do the job filling in”.
