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Vincent Kompany: Winning title at Man United not critical for City

Pep Guardiola plays down talks of lifting the EPL trophy at Manchester United after Manchester City beat Stoke 2-0 on Monday night.

David Silva was the beneficiary of well-executed build-up play from Manchester City, scoring twice in a routine win at Stoke.

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STOKE-ON-TRENT — Vincent Kompany says Manchester City need to forget about trying to secure the Premier League title in the Manchester derby and just make sure they win it.
The City captain took another step towards his third title with the club with the 2-0 victory over Stoke City on Monday night.
City now just three victories to be guaranteed the Premier League crown but they can do it if they win their next matches against Everton and the derby with second-placed United.
“Let’s put everything…

Vincent Kompany deserves moment of glory and can still offer City something

Pep Guardiola wants Manchester City to take their second half performance from the League Cup final against Arsenal (3-0) into the Champions League knockout stages.

Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan were happy to lift their first trophy of the season following Man City’s Carabao Cup triumph, but the players believe there is more to come.
The image of Vincent Kompany celebrating his goal in Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final will have brought a smile to the faces of both City fans and neutrals alike. The captain reacted to touch Ilkay Gundogan’s drive into the net — and set about sprinting towards his side’s supporters in the corner of the Wembley pitch, arm aloft and beaming with joy.
He may never get back the career that he looked like he was going to have in years gone by, but few can deny him that…

Vincent Kompany pushing Man City to win more trophies this season

Pep Guardiola wants Manchester City to take their second half performance from the League Cup final against Arsenal (3-0) into the Champions League knockout stages.

Former Arsenal and Man City striker Paul Dickov talks Man City’s impressive Cup win, Vincent Kompany’s importance to the club and City’s chances in the UCL.
LONDON — Vincent Kompany has seen many great Manchester City sides in his 10 years at the club and says the current team still have a lot to achieve if they are to be considered the best of them.
The defender picked up his sixth winners’ medal as City captain after his man-of-the-match performance in the Carabao Cup final victory over Arsenal.
City have been beaten just three times all season and are being lauded as one of the great Premier League teams under Pep Guardiola, but Kompany says they…

Stalwarts Kompany and David Silva lead Man City to Carabao Cup glory

Vincent Kompany scored en route to Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final.

Manchester City’s 3-0 defeat of Arsenal in the Carabao Cup delivered Pep Guardiola’s 10th cup final win out of 11 as a coach, and the club’s first trophy of the new era under the Catalan maestro.

In a season of short precision passing, a first half of mainly thud and blunder underlined the ever-changing storylines that football produces. Having lost to Wigan in the FA Cup to throw a lifeline to all those that doubted them, City sunk one of their hoodoo opponents with consummate ease in what…

Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany ‘in a good place’ after latest injury

Pep Guardiola feels a point versus Burnley is well deserved and comments on Raheem Sterling’s miss from close range.

Berg Gudmundsson’s 82nd minute goal stopped a dominant Man City side going 18 points clear in the Premier League.

Despite Manchester City’s 15 point lead at the top of the Premier League, Pep Guardiola says the race for the title is not over yet.
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany says he is now playing injury-free.
The influential Belgium defender returned to City’s starting lineup in the Premier League leaders’ 1-1 draw at Burnley on Saturday.
It was just his second start in 10 games since suffering a calf strain — the latest in a long line of injuries — during City’s win at Newcastle on Dec. 27.
The 31-year-old’s career has been badly hampered by fitness issues, particularly in the past three seasons, but he refuses to let the…

Pep Guardiola hails Vincent Kompany’s return for Manchester City

Gab Marcotti gives a timetable for Leroy Sane’s return from injury and details how Manchester City can adjust to the German winger’s absence.
Pep Guardiola has stressed Vincent Kompany’s importance to Manchester City after welcoming his skipper back into the first-team fold.
Kompany returned for City’s 2-0 FA Cup win at Cardiff on Sunday — the first time the Belgian defender has featured since limping off at Newcastle on Dec. 27 with a muscular injury.
He completed 90 minutes for only the second time in two months, and Guardiola was delighted that Kompany had got through his latest comeback.
“He did 90 minutes and it is a long time that…

Vincent Kompany sees connection between ticket prices, team success

The ESPN FC crew share their collective surprise at the fact that Pep Guardiola started Kevin De Bruyne against Watford.
Vincent Kompany would like to see Premier League clubs cut ticket prices, saying sometimes a club’s most passionate supporters might not be able to afford rising ticket prices.
The Manchester City captain has just graduated with an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Manchester Business School and spoke to 25 top-level clubs as part of his studies.
As a result of that, the Belgium international believes lowering ticket prices can help clubs prosper on and off the field.
Speaking to…

Vincent Kompany honours mother, earns MBA

Man City’s David Silva to face Man United; Kompany, Delph doubts

Former Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given believes City can continue their unbeaten start until the end of the season.

Stewart Robson weighs in on the tactics Jose Mourinho will employ against Manchester City at Old Trafford.

With all five English teams advancing to the Champions League knockout stage, Stevie Nicol predicts who’ll go all the way.
MANCHESTER — David Silva has been passed fit for the Manchester derby but Pep Guardiola faces an anxious wait on Vincent Kompany and Fabian Delph.
Silva missed the 2-1 Champions League loss to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday, prompting United manager Jose Mourinho to accuse the City boss of mind games ahead of the derby.
Kompany and Delph both travelled to Ukraine but missed the game and Guardiola is waiting to see if they can be involved on Sunday.
“[Silva] is going to play,” Guardiola told a news…

Pep Guardiola: Manchester City must be cautious with Vincent Kompany

Claude Puel says Vincent Kompany should have been sent off in the first half of Leicester City’s loss to Manchester City.
LEICESTER — Manchester City must be careful with the fitness of Vincent Kompany, despite his return coming at the perfect time, insists Pep Guardiola.
The City captain played his first game in more than two-and-a-half months in the 2-0 victory over Leicester City on Saturday that maintained their eight-point gap at the top of the Premier League.
However, his central defensive partner John Stones hobbled off in the first half with a hamstring injury, which Guardiola fears could keep him out for…

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