London - The absence of Vincent Kompany on the field seems to have a major impact on the appearance of the back line Manchester City. Without Kompany, City easily broken by his opponents.
This season, Kompany can not always appeared for the City. Belgian international defender was disturbed injury to his calf and had several times absent. In the Premier League this season, Kompany has appeared eight times. Overall, the new City captain played 11 times in all competitions.
Without Kompany, City relying on Nicolas Otamendi, Eliaquim Mangala, and Martin Demichelis to fill the position of central defender. However, the performance of all three players are not able to cover the absence of Kompany.
There is no significant statistical records related to the defense of Manchester City with and without Kompany. Together with Kompany, Manchester City goalkeeper is very difficult be cracked by his opponents. While currently absent Kompany, City the back line very fragile.
In eight games in the Premier League where Kompany appeared, City only conceded one goal. While in the other nine games in the league currently absent Kompany, City conceded 18 goals. Lastly, City conceded two goals when against Arsenal 1-2, Tuesday (22/12/2015).
See the fragility of the back line Manchester City today, Manuel Pellegrini hopes Kompany will recover soon. The return of Kompany and a number of other key players from injury assessed Pellegrini will help the City to maintain its competitiveness in winning ways.
"We have to fix it because we conceded too many goals. We hope that Vincent would be right back," said Pellegrini was quoted as saying by Reuters.
"If we had Vincent, David (Silva) and Sergio (Aguero) play every week then I think we will continue to be an important team in the race towards the title," he added.
Arsenal's defeat of Manchester City make glued ranked third in the standings with 32 points. The Citizens are now four points behind Arsenal and six points from Leicester City.
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