Vincent Kompany: Man City’s strength is also a weakness

Vincent Kompany has warned that Manchester City’s attacking prowess could also be the Citizens’ biggest weakness in their hunt for the Quadruple this season.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side have been in stunning form of late and are the Premier League’s top scorers, having hit 63 goals in just 22 games.

It’s a risk but it’s a style of playing that suits us at the moment

Vincent Kompany

And although captain Kompany is delighted with the Citizens’ eye-catching football this term, the Belgium international believes that their attack-minded approach could also prove to be their undoing.

“Our weakness is our strength, like any other squad that are so dominant and so attacking,” Kompany told ESPNFC.

“We play with two strikers and two wingers who are virtually strikers and one of our midfield players – which we only have two of – is also virtually a striker.

“Our full-backs are pushing up all the time, ultimately out of a team of 11 players we have six or seven who are always involved in the attack and it just means that there is a lot of ground to cover when you lose the ball. It’s a risk but it’s a style of playing that suits us at the moment.”

“Complacency is our biggest enemy, it’s very simple. We have six or seven players thinking offensive, and that just means we have to be super aggressive to recover the ball quickly.”

“When we don’t have the ball, ultimately we’re not as good any more, so I think a good strength is to know how you function.

“This is how we function, so there are no excuses for us not to look to get the ball back very quickly.”