Kompany ruled out of City's trip to QPR

A calf injury to captain Vincent Kompany tarnished Manchester City's 1-0 victory.

Kompany limped off after 33 minutes at the Britannia Stadium and assistant manager David Platt said the defender would probably be ruled out for two matches.The injury limits manager Roberto Mancini's defensive options at a time when Kolo Toure is at the African Cup of Nations. Platt said: "He has pulled his calf."We won't know how bad it is until the morning but there won't be any chance of Tuesday."

It took City seven minutes to replace Kompany, who pulled up and headed straight down the tunnel.
Afterwards, the City captain tweeted: "On to the next round and a fifth consecutive clean sheet! I hope I won't be out for too long but the team seems to be strong as ever."
Regarding City's late victory, Platt said: "We battled hard, defended well and kept another clean sheet."It is also pleasing to go through. We knew it was going to be difficult here. You know the ball is going to come in the box and you're going to have to compete for first balls, second balls all day.
"It is the way it is going to be and I thought we did it well."