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Manchester City superstar responds to injury setback, plans to get stronger
However, he was forced to leave the pitch soon afterwards, leaving manager Manuel Pellegrini with a significant defensive problem ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League trip to title rivals Leicester City.
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Pellegrini’s side find themselves in third place, six points off league leaders Leicester City following Monday’s 2-1 loss against Arsenal. He was ready to return, ‘ Pellegrini said. That doesn’t mean we have to think that with Vincent we’re not going to make mistakes, and without him we can not win. But I am not happy because we came here to try to win the game.
Fabio Borini – one of the few Sunderland players to emerge with any credit – grabbed a consolation for his second goal in as many games, yet it did nothing to prevent Allardyce’s men suffering a fourth successive defeat. But if you review how many games we played over the last two seasons in which I’ve been here, I think Vincent has played a maximum of 70 per cent of the season.
“You never win the title in December”.
“It seems that we have a crisis but we don’t have a crisis”, said Pellegrini, whose side are at home to second-from-bottom Sunderland on Saturday.
The Citizens have been at loss in defence since his injury, failing to keep a single clean sheet in the league with the likes of Eliaquim Mangala, Nicolas Otamendi and Martin Demichellis marshalling the back. “We returned to our normal performance – playing attractive football, scoring goals”.
Before his brief appearance on Saturday Kompany had missed the last eight Manchester City fixtures with the calf problem but remained undeterred in his pursuit for full fitness: ‘It’s a challenge that I will overcome’.
Chelsea drew 2-2 with in-form Watford on Boxing Day but it felt like two points dropped rather than one point gained for most of their fans, players and interim coaching staff. We showed good shape, we defended well and closed the space well, but we need to improve when we want to go straight away and score the goal. When De Bruyne’s attempted pass for Bony came back to him off a sliding interception from Sebastian Coates, the man of the match calmly slotted the ball home from 12 yards. He said: “I would have expected to be better off than we are now”. “At the moment maybe we’re conceding some goals in two or three games – Tottenham, Liverpool and Stoke – but Arsenal didn’t shoot too much before they scored the first goal”.
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“We have got a hugely hard period coming along, certainly with the players I have got now”, he said.