Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany faces an additional three to four weeks on the sideline, manager Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed.
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Kompany sustained a 13th separate calf injury since joining City in August 2008 when he limped off against Sunderland on Boxing Day.
Manchester City boss Manuel Luis Pellegrini talked about his side’s position in the English Premier League ahead of their Saturday encounter away at Watford, and also about their ambition to pick up more points on the road to stand a chance of being champions. “It’s hard for me to answer these questions because I repeat again, I am not a doctor”, he said.
“I think we are going to win the title if we don’t depend on just one player. We hope that he can recover as soon as he can, but it’s very important until we solve this to defend the way we did in this game”. But Claudio Ranieri’s side silenced their doubters with another superb performance, holding their own against many pundits’ favorite for the championship. We have 39 points and now I want to see how we can achieve the other 39 or 40 points. Their last such victory was against Crystal Palace on September 12, and since then they have taken just three points from a possible 18, scoring two goals in the process. “I can only say well done to our players and our fans are unbelievable, they support us and they push us”.
“I just try to do my best every game”.
“But we are taking one game at a time, we are only halfway through there are still a lot of games to play and points to be gotten, we are not getting carried away ourselves”. The defender managed only nine minutes on the pitch after coming on as a second-half substitute, dealing yet another massive blow to their title hopes. With a fit and raring to go Sergio Aguero in Manchester City’s starting eleven, the Citizens look destined to outscore their opponents in a bid to lift their third Premier League title. “The two teams above us (in the table) deserve to be there”, the England global said.
Eddie Howe’s team prefaced the Arsenal loss with a six match unbeaten run in the league, beating Chelsea away, Manchester United at home and West Brom away in the process.
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“What we are doing is unbelievable”, the Italian said.
