{"id":63031,"date":"2019-05-08T09:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=63031"},"modified":"2019-05-08T09:06:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:06:53","slug":"goal-hero-kompany-makes-good-on-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/goal-hero-kompany-makes-good-on-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal hero Kompany makes good on promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS DESK<br \/>\nMANCHESTER<br \/>\nManchester City captain Vincent Kompany said he had lived up to a vow to \u201cone day\u201d score a long-range goal after his wonder strike secured a 1-0 win at home to Leicester that left the champions in charge of the destiny of the Premier League title with a match to play.<br \/>\nCity were heading for a frustrating evening at the Etihad Stadium on Monday until Kompany let fly with a 25-yard shot into the top corner 20 minutes from time &#8212; the centre-back\u00b4s first City goal from outside the box.<br \/>\nVictory saw City go top by a point from Liverpool heading into Sunday\u00b4s last round of league matches.<br \/>\n\u201cI hadn\u00b4t scored this season but I always feel in big moments that I\u00b4m going to do something,\u201d Kompany told Sky Sports.<br \/>\n\u201cToday was a little bit of frustration, everyone was saying \u00b4don\u00b4t shoot, don\u00b4t shoot\u00b4 and I could really hear it; I thought hold on a second, I\u00b4ve not come this far in my career for young players to tell me if I can take a shot, and I just had a go!\u201d<br \/>\nThe Belgian last hit the target from outside the area back in 2007 but Kompany insisted: \u201cI\u00b4ve scored goals like that in training!<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u00b4s 15 years I\u00b4ve been in top-level football, midfielders telling me \u00b4don\u00b4t shoot, play the ball wide\u00b4 and every time they miss, for 15 years I\u00b4ve been saying \u00b4I promise you, one day I\u00b4m going to have a shot from outside the box and I\u00b4m going to score a goal and you\u00b4re going to be really happy with that one\u00b4.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS DESK MANCHESTER Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany said he had lived up to a vow to \u201cone day\u201d score a long-range goal after his wonder strike secured a 1-0 win at home to Leicester that left the champions in charge of the destiny of the Premier League title with a match to play. 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