Vincent Kompany will be absent and doubts persist over the other centre-backs but City will kick themselves whether they surrender the advantage they gained in ParisFor a while,watching from the balcony overlooking one of Manchester City’s training pitches, it was tempting to wonder whether the tall, and straight-backed figure running from the front was trying to make a point in front of the small army of cameramen on the far side. Vincent Kompany led the way,as he always likes to do on those group runs. His chest was puffed out and his stride looked so certain it was easy in those moments to assume he saw himself being restored to the team for the match the club’s marketing department has billed as “unmissable”.
That he was subsequently ruled out of the Paris Saint-Germain tie on account of his weakened calf does not necessarily have to be a grievous setback for City, but it is a considerable one when their hopes of reaching a first Champions League semi-final depend to a noteworthy extent on the team’s ability to defend coherently.
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Source: theguardian.com