Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany was AXED for victory over Leicester City, it has been revealed. The Mirror says an insider at the club claims 28-year-old City captain Kompany was involved in a half-time confrontation with midfielder Fernandinho at Liverpool, which left team-mates fearing that the pair would come to blows.

Kompany allegedly refused to calm down, even when boss Manuel Pellegrini tried to step in to defuse the row.

Brazilian Fernandinho was not involved at all three days later against bottom club Leicester, and Kompany was left out of the starting line-up as the champions won, 2-0.

At halftime in defeat to Liverpool, Kompany was blasted by midfielder Fernandinho, who told him to pay more attention and to buck up his ideas for the second half.

Kompany, however, insisted the Brazilian could not tell him what to do.

The two are then said to have argued so furiously that others stepped in, fearing things would get out of hand.

When Pellegrini eventually got involved, he sided with Fernandinho.