Kompany respects Saints after hard-fought win (From Daily Echo)
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Man City captain Vincent Kompany respects Saints after hard-fought win
9:37am Wednesday 22nd August 2012 in Sport
Vincent Kompany
MANCHESTER City captain Vincent Kompany believes his side have proved their champion team spirit remains intact after their win over Saints.
City needed to come from behind against Nigel Adkins ’ men to get their Barclays Premier League title defence off to a winning start in Sunday’s season opener at the Etihad Stadium.
The 3-2 success may not have seen City at their most destructive but Kompany felt it was a performance full of the qualities which yielded a first league title in 44 years last season.
He said: “We have always proved to be very difficult to beat at home.
“Maybe we will just get belief out of this. Maybe that is why we always keep coming back and it never seems to be finished.
“I don’t even need to say it loudly.
Last season proved how crucial it (team spirit) was for us, in the last games.
We showed we wanted it as much.
“It doesn’t matter if we have our best game or our worst game, we just keep going.
“As much as I can say we have a lot to improve on still, I can also say we can really all be happy because of great qualities of character.”
City, who were unbeaten at home in the league last season, missed an early penalty but led at the break through Carlos Tevez.
Saints hit back with goals from Rickie Lambert and Steven Davis but City recovered in the final 18 minutes as Edin Dzeko and Samir Nasri struck.
Kompany said: “If everything had gone to plan we would have scored two or three goals before they even got their first.
“We missed a few chances and they used the one opportunity they had very well and the game became very difficult, but I am very happy about the reaction of the team. That is what we needed to see.
“Therefore we are very happy with the win and the result. We have to respect Southampton , they played really well. It is a good result for us.”
Comments(16)
ToastyTea
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10:51am Wed 22 Aug 12
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
saints4eva12
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11:02am Wed 22 Aug 12
worried of n e hampshire
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11:51am Wed 22 Aug 12
Barcelona Saint
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1:03pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Great that we are going to score goals but would be excellent to make it hard to score againts us too.
COYR!
drummernath
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1:42pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Jesus_02
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1:45pm Wed 22 Aug 12
I saw both make a mistake apiece against City. But I thought to myself...they will learn and get better.
I would just be worried if they got injured
Severntrent
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3:03pm Wed 22 Aug 12
ToastyTea wrote:I dunno, you seemed fairly merciful when David Norris spanked in that beautiful, beautiful equaliser, effectively denying you the 2 points that may have seen you promoted as champions. More a bouncy castle than a fortress wouldn't you say?
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
SO50 Saint
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3:10pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Velleity
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3:15pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Severntrent wrote:Ignore him and he'll drift away.
ToastyTea wrote:I dunno, you seemed fairly merciful when David Norris spanked in that beautiful, beautiful equaliser, effectively denying you the 2 points that may have seen you promoted as champions. More a bouncy castle than a fortress wouldn't you say?
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
Severntrent
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3:46pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Velleity wrote:I prefer the term 'waft' away
Severntrent wrote:Ignore him and he'll drift away.
ToastyTea wrote:I dunno, you seemed fairly merciful when David Norris spanked in that beautiful, beautiful equaliser, effectively denying you the 2 points that may have seen you promoted as champions. More a bouncy castle than a fortress wouldn't you say?
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
SaintDon13
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4:09pm Wed 22 Aug 12
CEH393
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4:22pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Severntrent wrote:Ha,ha they could have a new quiz here! Spot the bitter Skate :-) I love seeing their fans comments, if they were happy with their tax dodging outfit they wouldn't feel the need to gripe at a well run club like the Saints jealousy is a hard pill to swallow :-) COYR :-)
ToastyTea wrote:I dunno, you seemed fairly merciful when David Norris spanked in that beautiful, beautiful equaliser, effectively denying you the 2 points that may have seen you promoted as champions. More a bouncy castle than a fortress wouldn't you say?
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
Rocket 1
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5:26pm Wed 22 Aug 12
CEH393 wrote:Oh, and so sweet to see Lee Barnard get the equalizer at the "Fish Factory" on Saturday.
Severntrent wrote:Ha,ha they could have a new quiz here! Spot the bitter Skate :-) I love seeing their fans comments, if they were happy with their tax dodging outfit they wouldn't feel the need to gripe at a well run club like the Saints jealousy is a hard pill to swallow :-) COYR :-)
ToastyTea wrote:I dunno, you seemed fairly merciful when David Norris spanked in that beautiful, beautiful equaliser, effectively denying you the 2 points that may have seen you promoted as champions. More a bouncy castle than a fortress wouldn't you say?
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
OSPREYSAINT
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6:07pm Wed 22 Aug 12
Severntrent wrote:As in, waft away the fishy stench?
Velleity wrote:I prefer the term 'waft' away
Severntrent wrote:Ignore him and he'll drift away.
ToastyTea wrote:I dunno, you seemed fairly merciful when David Norris spanked in that beautiful, beautiful equaliser, effectively denying you the 2 points that may have seen you promoted as champions. More a bouncy castle than a fortress wouldn't you say?
Saintsteve7 wrote:Amen brother, fortress St Marys has no mercy, Champions or not.
You'll respect us even more when we beat you at St Mary's. We fear no one in this league! Red Army!
Saint Chris
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6:55pm Wed 22 Aug 12
drummernath wrote:Agreed, they did very well but still could be caught out on counter attacking teams for when spiderman and the rest of the midfield move up a bit against teams we are expected to control.
I think from Saturday's performance, I am more concerned about LB than CB. Jose and Hoover did really well.
Against Man City the midfield sat deep which helped them very much and I think Fox was a little more exposed but his defensive skills aren't adequate for this level. New CB and LB preffered ahead of a marquee signing like Ramirez.
Saintsteve7 says...
10:48am Wed 22 Aug 12