Source: SKY_Sports
Hughes positive over Kompany
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is confident the club can manage Vincent Kompany's toe injury without the need for surgery.[LNB] The problem has affected the versatile performer for months and even pain killing injections have not helped the 22-year-old get through games in recent weeks.[LNB]The Belgium international has missed the club's last two matches with the injury and it appears the break may have done the trick.[LNB]The former Anderlecht ace has recovered sufficiently enough to be considered for a starting role against Danish side Aalborg in the second leg of their Uefa Cup last-16 clash in midweek.[LNB]"He's a lot more comfortable with it," Hughes told the club's official website.[LNB]Settled down"It was the right decision to take him out of the frame and because the injury's settled down now and he's more positive going into games.[LNB]"We're trying to enable him to train and play without having the injections, but we're not quite there yet.[LNB]"But he's in a better place now than two weeks ago. It got so he couldn't continue even with injections.[LNB]"The worry was that it was going to be a chronic condition that he wouldn't be able to shift for weeks or months.[LNB]"We didn't want to get to that level. I don't think he'll need surgery, it's about managing the pain."[LNB]
