Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini doesn't want Vincent Kompany to curb his game.
Pellegrini accepts that problems will occur because of the ferocity with which Kompany plays, but is hopeful issues can be controlled.
He said: "Vincent, maybe in the way he plays, is more exposed to having injuries because he plays always with 100 per cent intensity and he works every day in the same way.
"But we hope for the same that happened last season - he will manage those injuries. They are important injuries but not very long injuries."
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