Kompany keen to keep run going
VINCENT Kompany admits Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have come unstuck in their desire to play the “perfect game” at times this season.
But the fit-again City captain is confident the team, on a four-game unbeaten run since a humbling 4-0 loss at Everton last month, are heading in the right direction again as they prepare to take on Bournemouth tonight.
Kompany told the club’s website: “This season has been interesting. Obviously you want to be top of the league, but it has been very ‘learnful’ and I think we are somehow on a good track. It just needs to translate into results.
“We are looking to play the perfect game at the moment, and on the way to playing the perfect game there are a few times where it is not all going your way.
“I am not a person that will feel overly happy when the results aren’t there but I won’t feel negative about it because I have seen a lot of work in the background. With little tweaks here and there we are on the right track as a club.”
City can climb from fifth to second with victory at Bournemouth and Kompany, 30, is back in contention after overcoming a knee injury.
Kompany said: “I want to stay fit but I want to keep improving. Very few know how many hours I put into coming back every single time. I am there now and I want to stay in this team as long as I can, I really enjoy it.”
Bournemouth were beaten 6-3 on their last outing at Everton but Guardiola is taking nothing for granted.
The City boss said: “Every game is different. Bournemouth are a tough, tough team.
“All the players are so aggressive.”