MANCHESTER CITY CAPTAIN VINCENT KOMPANY TO MISS LIVERPOOL CLASH.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will miss his side’ s Premier League showdown with Liverpool on Saturday due to a calf injury , manager Pep Guardiola revealed on Friday.
The centre -back , who has a long history of calf problems , sustained the injury after completing the 90 minutes of Belgium’ s 4- 0 victory over Gibraltar in World Cup qualifying last week .
“ He played with Belgium against Gibraltar. They won 9-0. He had a little problem in his calf . I think he will not be able ( to play ) tomorrow, ” Guardiola told reporters at City’ s training centre in Manchester.
Guardiola predicted that Kompany would only be sidelined for a “ short ” period of time .
City are level on points with second - placed Liverpool in the Premier League table after winning two and drawing one of their three games to date