Emmanuel Adebayor is insisting he and Vincent Kompany are "really good friends" despite having a furious on-field argument during the 2-1 away defeat to Wolves at the weekend. But, rather than show up splits within the camp, Adebayor feels it was merely proof of how desperately City's players want the club's drive towards the top of English football to succeed.
"Sometimes you have to shout and bawl to try and get a reaction from your team-mates and sometimes that means getting them worked up in order to do the right thing for the team," Adebayor told City's official website.
"That's what great teams do. It is all about passion and desire to do well and if Vincent and I are guilty of that, neither of us have a problem with it.
"We are really good friends and we have had a good laugh about some of the things that were written about us yesterday. It was funny because it is totally inaccurate.
"The press have treated it as though there has been some kind of massive fall out, but it couldn't be further from the truth - these things happen all the time in football at every club, either in matches or on the training ground and the only reason, as I say, is passion.
"Vinnie and I love this club and are passionate about helping to make it successful. If that means the odd disagreement, so be it.
"Trust me, if I have to have arguments with all my team-mates every single weekend in order to help us win the game, I will be doing exactly that and I would want the same in return."
