WE ARE UP 4 IT

Kompany in City warcry

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VINCENT KOMPANY says Manchester City could be on the brink of something special.

Pep Guardiola’s side have won just two of their last nine games and scrambled a late draw at relegationhaunted Middlesbrough on Sunday.

They are in a fight just to qualify for the Champions League – not what City fans expected when Guardiola breezed in last summer.

But according to captain Kompany, the club are on the road to achieving extraordinary things – next season.

“Finish strongly now and we give ourselves something to look forward to next season because you want to be in four competitions,” he said.

“Sometimes exceptional seasons are built on seasons like this.”

Kompany admits the mood is downbeat after City’s recent poor run but says there’s no panic.

“The mood’s not great because we need to win games and it didn’t happen on Sunday,” he said.

“Now it’s a case of having to finish the last four games strongly. Everything is in our own hands. There is not one single doubt in our minds that we’ll get the job done.” Kompany has warned his team-mates he’ll come down hard on anyone who looks like they winding down.

He said: “I’d swing a hammer if I had to, if I thought there was a lack of motivation or desire. That’s something we shouldn’t allow but I really believe it’s not the case.”