Real Madrid’s Brahim Diaz insists the only club he ever thought about leaving Manchester City for was Real Madrid and that no other clubs were options for him.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City are in talks with Vincent Kompany over a contract extension but club boss Pep Guardiola admits there are concerns over his fitness.
The 32-year-old, who has been with the club for just over 10 years, is entering the final six months of the contract and is able to speak to other clubs about his future. Kompany has said he wants to remain at the club and Guardiola would like him to stay. But the sticking point his injury record with the Belgium international…
Manchester City won a crucial match against league leaders Liverpool to close the gap to four points and reignite the title race.
Manchester City won a crucial match against league leaders Liverpool to close the gap to four points and reignite the title race.
Manchester City won a crucial match against league leaders Liverpool to close the gap to four points and reignite the title race.
Craig Burley and Paul Mariner highlight the areas in which Pep Guardiola bested Jurgen Klopp from a tactical standpoint at the Etihad.
Liverpool manager was left bewildered after Vincent Kompany escaped a red card for his first-half lunge on Mohamed Salah.
MANCHESTER, England — Jurgen Klopp believes Vincent Kompany should have been sent off in Liverpool’s 2-1 to defeat to Manchester City on Thursday for a challenge that could have ended Mohamed Salah’s season.
Referee Anthony Taylor gave Kompany a yellow card in the 31st minute for what Klopp deemed a reckless lunge.
Despite holding the City captain in high regard, Klopp still felt the tackle on Liverpool’s star man was more than worthy of a dismissal.
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Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling took to his personal instagram account to show off his son’s football skills and also his goal celebrations.
Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola believes it would be impossible to win the Premier League title if they were to lose to Liverpool as the gap would be too big.
Manchester City beat Southampton to end their losing run, but Shaka Hislop and Steve Nicol examine why teams are no longer afraid of the champions.
Manchester City were given early worries, but returned to winning ways with a 1-3 rout of Southampton at St Mary’s.
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has said that his side need to stand up and be counted in their clash with Liverpool on Thursday.
Defeat for the Premier League champions would leave them 10 points behind the visitors to the Etihad Stadium.
City ended their poor run of results with a win over Southampton on Sunday, and Kompany said they looked far more like their old selves.
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“The performance was excellent, we looked aggressive in retrieving the ball,” he told City’s website. “We shouldn’t…
The father of Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany was elected as the first black mayor in Belgium after winning support in a Brussels commune.
Pierre Kompany, 71, is a mechanical engineer who was born in Congo and serves in the Brussels Regional Parliament. He ran for election in Ganshoren as a non-partisan candidate on a platform dedicated to cleaning up the environment and won 28.38 percent of the vote in results tallied on Sunday.
“Just for the guys abroad, he’s the first black mayor in Belgium,”…
Despite Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Hoffenheim, ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol thinks the defensive shortcomings could be Man City’s undoing.
Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany admits the Champions League is number one on his wishlist.
ESPN FC’s Ross Dyer and Craig Burley break down Manchester City’s gritty 2-1 win over Hoffenheim in the Champions League. Manchester City must be completely focused for 90 minutes because Sunday’s crunch clash with Liverpool will be decided by small margins, according to captain Vincent Kompany.
City go in to the game top of the Premier League but only above their title rivals on goal difference. And Liverpool are boosted by the fact they have won the last three matches between the two sides following their 5-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium at the start of last season when Sadio Mane was sent off.
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MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola paved the way for a new contract for Vincent Kompany after saying he hopes the defender is still a Manchester City player when he play his testimonial next season.
The City captain will mark 10 years at the club in August 2019 with a testimonial game at the Etihad Stadium and has generously decided to donate all the profits to the city’s homeless.
After suffering from persistent injury problems in recent years, Kompany, whose current contract runs out in June,…
Ross Dyer and Janusz Michallik dissect Manchester City’s demolition of Huddersfield and say the fixtures are kind for another extended winning run.
Pep Guardiola responds to Jose Mourinho after the Manchester United manager accused City of lacking class.
Vincent Kompany has hinted he would like to stay beyond his Manchester City contract, which expires at the end of the season.
The captain, 32, celebrated 10 years at the club this week and is the only first team player to have joined before owner Sheikh Mansour took over in September 2008.
Kompany has been troubled by persistent injuries in recent seasons but insists he is getting better as a player.
“I think what people have never really understood with me is that aside from having had some injuries…
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Manchester City captain Steph Houghton and her manager Nick Cushing were both full of praise for the appreciation of women’s football in America.
Vincent Kompany, Kyle Walker and Fabian Delph have all cut short their holidays to return to training early on Wednesday at Manchester City, but are unlikely to start in Sunday’s Community Shield game against Chelsea.
Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and John Stones will be the last players to come back, with their returns on Monday coming less than a week before the Premier League opener at Arsenal.
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MOSCOW — Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal against Brazil in Kazan is a defining game for Belgium’s talented generation of players, said defender Vincent Kompany on Wednesday.
“The term ‘golden generation’ is obviously one the players didn’t come up with and it’s not something we pay too much importance to,” he told a news conference at Belgium’s training base outside Moscow.
“The fact that the game against Brazil is defining for our generation is for sure, though. It’s not like we’ve been failing…