Man City sweat on Kompany news

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Manchester City were left sweating on a possible injury to captain Vincent Kompany after he went off late in his comeback game at Swansea.

Kompany, who had not played since damaging his thigh in the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid in May, departed during the dying seconds of Wednesday night’s 2-1 EFL Cup victory at the Liberty Stadium.

Goals from Gael Clichy and Aleix Garcia ultimately sealed the deal for Man City but substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson pulled one back for Swansea in injury time, after which Kompany hobbled down the players’ tunnel as the home side pushed in vain for an equaliser via a last-gasp corner.

City manager Pep Guardiola said: “The doctors are speaking with him and seeing what’s up.

“Hopefully, it will not be a big problem. We’re going to wait for the results from the doctors.”

Asked if he had spoken with Kompany, Guardiola added: “No, not yet.

“(His performance) was good. It’s not easy after a long, long …

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