Man City ready to fight Liverpool, insists Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany admitted the Premier League champions ’ pride has been wounded by a recent shock run of three defeats in four Premier League games to fall seven points behind league leaders Liverpool .

But ahead of the visit of Jurgen Klopp ’ s men to the Etihad on Thursday , Kompany issued a rallying cry to the City squad and fans to keep fighting to become the first side in a decade to retain the Premier League .

“ We shouldn ’ t focus too much on points at the moment , we know if we can play to our potential we are a good team, ” Kompany told City ’ s website.

“ Our pride has been hurt over the last few weeks but we have everything to play for and it depends on us . ”