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Manuel Pellegrini bemoans latest Vincent Kompany injury
Without him, it has been 19 goals conceded in 10 fixtures and 1.5 points per match.
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Vicent Kompany was forced off the field after just nine minutes in his Premier League return on Saturday.
Kompany, 29, has been dogged by a succession of calf injuries and missed City’s previous eight matches. But that is a medical problem I can not answer.
He was injured again during a 0-0 Premier League draw at Aston Villa on November 8, although still reported for worldwide duty in the days that followed as his country prepared for friendlies against Italy and Spain. Manager Manuel Pellegrini has played down the suggestion that his defence can not function without the Belgium global, but his influence is undeniable. Though it is a doubt as to whether he will play or not, City will need their experienced captain to guide them to a much needed clean sheet. “We will be there to help him if he wants it”. I have known him for seven or eight years in the national team.
“We can not think that all the [defensive] mistakes are just because Vincent isn’t playing”.
Fellow strugglers Bournemouth and Newcastle United have picked up crucial victories in recent weeks, and Allardyce said: “We’re deeper in the mire with 12 points from 17 games and I’m massively concerned at the distance to the teams above”.
He would now be looking to buy centre-halves and he would probably be shopping overseas.
“Some players raised their performance and the team played the way we normally do every day of the week”. In his absence, the Chilean manager will have to rely on Demichelis and Mangala to line up alongside Otamendi.
Raheem Sterling headed the opener from Kevin de Bruyne’s cross and Yaya Toure’s low 20-yard drive doubled the lead. De Bruyne’s latest efforts put him into double figures for both goals and assists in just his 23rd appearance since arriving from Wolfsburg in the summer.
After more disappointment on their travels, Manchester City will look to get themselves back on track with victory at home to Sunderland, who are now five points adrift of safety following three straight defeats. He’s got to come back with some silverware or the championship.
For a third game running Sunderland conceded in the first 15 minutes – and by the 22nd minute they were 3-0 down to the hosts, with the game as good as over.
The positions of Manuel Pellegrini and Sam Allardyce could not have been more contrasting as they stood in the same corridor here on Saturday. It did not work.
“Now it is my time to make some big decisions ahead of the January window and say: ‘Who do we want to bring in and who am I going to move out?'” “They have got to release themselves from the fear they are showing”. “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”.
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City’s attack continued to terrorise Sunderland and Sterling had the ball in the net again before half-time but the whistle had gone for offside.