Komapny could be out for three weeks.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany could be out for up to three weeks with a calf injury.

The defender suffered a recurrence of the problem during Saturday's FA Cup win at Stoke City. The 26-year-old Belgian is now in danger of missing his side's upcoming games against Queens Park Rangers, Liverpool and Southampton, according to the Daily Mail.



Kompany is due to undergo tests on Monday to determine the severity of the injury.


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Man City lodge Kompany appeal

Manchester City have lodged an appeal against the sending off of captain Vincent Kompany during the 2-0 win over Arsenal on Sunday.



The Belgium international was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Dean after 76 minutes following a challenge on Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.



City boss Roberto Mancini said immediately after the game that the reigning Barclays Premier League champions would appeal the decision and the club have confirmed they are seeking to have the dismissal overturned.



Speaking after the game, Mancini questioned the decision and claimed Kompany had not even committed a foul when challenging Wilshere.



"We will appeal, because it is impossible that we can lose one player for three games for nothing. It is not a red card, it is nothing," he said.



"He went into the tackle, anticipating the opponent and took the ball before.



"I don't know how it is possible to get a red card like this. It was no foul, no red card."



Kompany also later took to Twitter to defend the challenge but stopped short of criticising Dean.



He wrote: "First. Massive congrats to our team and fans, great game! Also. No grudges against the referee, I understand the difficulty of the job.



"About the tackle: If the ball is overrun by the opponent and a 50/50 challenge occurs, collision is inevitable.



"Ultimately I'm a defender: Appeal may work or not. I will never pull out of a challenge, as much as I will never intend to injury a player."



If the appeal is unsuccessful and the three-match ban upheld City would be without their skipper for Premier League matches with Fulham and QPR and an FA Cup fourth-round tie against either Crystal Palace or Stoke.

Kompany: City can catch Utd

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany believes the title race is far from over and that his side are capable of catching Manchester United.



The 19-time Premier League winners are currently seven points clear of their cross-town rivals, who have struggled to consistently replicate their form of last season.



City only drew five games in the top-flight last term, however, this season they have already been held on six occasions at this halfway stage.



However, the Belgian defender believes his team are stronger than they were when they pipped United to the title on a dramatic last day during the 2011/2012 campaign, and feels they are capable of defending their crown.



Kompany said: "A couple of years ago, if we had fallen seven points behind, we would have said it would be very difficult.



"We have proved what we can do and everybody is very calm. That's the advantage you get when you win it once."



The Citizens have had a stop-start campaign this time around and being knocked out of the Champions League means they can focus all their attentions on the league.



City boss Roberto Mancini will be without key players this month as Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure will both be representing Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations, while joint top goal scorer Sergio Aguero is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury.



But Argentine defender Pablo Zabaleta wants his team-mates to step up in the absence of Toure, who has been a key figure in Mancini's line-up.



"Yaya has been a regular player for a long time. We know how important Yaya is to the team but there are other players who can do the same job."



Last season City dropped points in January, losing twice in five games in the league. They were also knocked out of the FA Cup, all in the absence of the Ivorian midfielder.



"Last season, January and February was when we dropped points and we need to try to make sure that doesn't happen again," he concluded.

Kompany: I had other offers

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has revealed he had offers from elsewhere before penning a six-year deal - but is targeting six Premier League titles with the champions.

Kompany has emerged as one of the finest defenders in the world since joining City from Hamburg in 2008 and has played a pivotal role in the club's trophy success in recent seasons.



But the 26-year-old Belgium international wants more glory after admitting he is now emotionally invested at the Etihad Stadium and he wants to keep the titles coming.



"I've signed a six-year deal, so there are six possible titles within those years," said Kompany. "So you know what? I want to get them all.



"It probably won't happen, but we'll see in six years' time. I'll try everything for that.



"I'm not going to give names, but the opportunity was there for me to start negotiating with other clubs.



"It's only normal when you win the Premier League - or have a couple of good seasons - that you get interest at the end of the season.



"But I wanted to stay at City and I think the six-year deal is a statement of my ambitions at the club.



"I've had a good spell here and it would have been easy to play clubs against each other, but it wasn't my intention.



"When I joined City four years ago, I came a month before the takeover. When that happened, without knowing it, their project became mine as well.



"So I do have ties to the project, and also to the fans and the city, which makes it very exciting for me to stay at the club for a long period."



City claimed the Premier League title in dramatic fashion after scoring twice in injury-time on the last day to pip rivals Manchester United and win the league for the first time in 44 years.



Kompany knows it will not get any easier and credits the team's obsession with winning under Roberto Mancini as key to their success.



"Before I won the league, I didn't think I could win it so I prepared twice as much as others and did everything to win it," added the former Anderlecht man.



"It was an obsession for us and myself, so I just hope we keep that obsession.



"You can walk around thinking you're a winner, but if you don't train like a winner or do everything in your life to maintain being a winner, it just stops there.



"So every day of my life I'm still obsessed by this moment, by the victory at the end of the season. It's what I want to have again."



"It's clear we have a competition on our hands. You can clearly see all the other teams have reacted to what happened last season and come out stronger.



"But I think we'll come out stronger too because we're one season further down the line in terms of playing together.



"That was always our problem, the fact that we hadn't gelled over a long period of time.



"But you can see now that we know each other better on the pitch now and that will be our competitive advantage for next season."



The season was not without its difficulties with City appearing to implode at several key moments as temperamental figures such as Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli threatened to undermine their efforts.



Tevez refused to warm-up against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League, leading to a fall-out with Mancini, while Balotelli was recklessly sent off in a seemingly devastating defeat at Arsenal.



But ultimately both men played important roles in the triumph and Kompany believes the team's mental strength was evident in the way they overcame those low points.



"There was a lot of talk out there last season about how everything was going wrong," said Kompany.



"But the one thing we managed to do, in whatever situation we found ourselves, was focus very quickly back on the football.



"On the back of the Bayern Munich defeat we won 4-0 at Blackburn - which is always a very difficult away game.



"And on the back of the Arsenal defeat we had six wins in a row to win the league, so we've shown our strength in terms of our mentality.



"There are a lot of teams that probably wouldn't have coped as well as we did with those kinds of events happening.



"But I guess that's the nature of playing for City - you get used to those things and you just keep going forward.



"That's what we did, and the main thing is that those players managed to have a positive impact on our season."

Kompany on target in City win

Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany were on target as English champions Manchester City beat Besiktas 2-0 in a pre-season fixture in Austria.



Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta were all part of a strong City side against Turkish opponents who looked dangerous throughout the contest.



Ugur Boral fired over for the Istanbul club before City keeper Costel Pantilimon made an excellent point-blank save from Manuel Fernandes.



But City went ahead when Tevez assisted Aguero to curl the opener late in the first half.



Kompany added a superb second when the City skipper collected Adam Johnson's through-ball before chipping the Besiktas keeper on the hour mark.