Vincent Kompany looks happy to be involved in Manchester City’s Champions League preparations as they get ready for Monaco clash
VINCENT KOMPANY looked happy just to be involved as Manchester City prepared for their Champions League clash with Monaco.
The City skipper has not even been on the bench since the 2-0 win at Bournemouth a month ago.
Vincent Kompany looked happy to be in the thick of preparations for City’s game with MonacoPA:Press Association
And he and the rest of the squad looked in high spirits as they trained before tomorrow’s Champions League last-16 clash, with Pep Guardiola‘s visitors holding a 5-3 first-leg lead.
City have struggled to translate their domestic success onto the European stage in recent years, and were eliminated in the semi-finals by Real Madrid last year.
But Kevin De Bruyne is backing them to go at least one step further this term.
Kompany trains with leroy Sane and his City team-matesReutersKompany jogs with City team-mate Gael ClichyGetty ImagesKompany stretches out as City are put through their pacesPA:Press AssociationPep Guardiola seemed happy enough after the FA Cup win over BoroReuters
The Belgian playmaker said: “I think we can reach the final, but of course the other teams will think the same. And that doesn’t make it easier.
“It will be very tough against Monaco, they are doing extremely well at the moment, but we are very positive and if we beat them we are through to the quarter-finals, after which the final is not that far away.
Sergio Aguero and fellow Argentinian Nicolas Otamendi warm upGetty Images
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“I think it was important as a team to make the next step. City have had a difficult time in Europe, which is new for this club, but last year we did great in the Champions League.
“When you play at the highest level, you’re always playing in big matches whether it’s in the Premier League, the cups, the Champions League or at international level.”
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