The damage to Captain Manchester City Vincent Company was not as serious as previously thought.

In the match against Newcastle defender Manchester City Vincent Company was forced to leave the field in the 11th minute because of an injury.

After the game, the head coach of the "townspeople" Pep Guardiola said that the Belgian flew for a long time, but now it became known that his damage was not so serious. The Company even has a chance to play against Crystal Palace.

"Vincent is not as bad as we were afraid. He will be ready for the next matches. Tomorrow we will know for sure. He has a calf injury, but nothing particularly scary, "said Guardiola.

The Spaniard also said that Fabian Delph might be ready to play against Crystal Palace, but John Stones still can not play a full 90 minutes.

"Fabian was not ready to play with Newcastle, but now he is much better. Yesterday he was already practicing. Today he rests. We will see. With Fabian the same situation as with Vincent:

he knows his body well. Tomorrow will be more visible, "- said Pep.

"John Stones is also much better. He yesterday held the first full-fledged training session. But he's not ready to play all 90 minutes. I think he will be ready for the next game. This is very important news ".

The match of the 21st round of the English Premier League between Crystal Palace and Manchester City will be held on Sunday, December 31. Beginning of the meeting at 14:00 Kyiv time.