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Man City's SWP takes a good kicking as a compliment

Former bit part player at Chelsea, Shaun Wright-Phillips, is relishing life at Manchester City with regular first team football. He told the Manchester Evening News: "I am enjoying things immensely, but I am starting to think I am indestructible.

"I get kicked a lot but I take that as a compliment and just get on with it.

"I do spend a lot of time between games getting treatment but touch wood there has been nothing serious so far.

"My philosophy is that if I can run I can play. When you play like I do then you get used to being kicked.

"You get it in one match and then the next it starts all over again. It gets to the point where you almost get immune to it."

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