Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has told his captain Vincent Kompany to "pay more attention" when tackling.

The Belgian was dismissed for a lunge on Arsenal's Jack Wilshere during last weekend's 2-0 win at the Emirates.

Mancini said: "He's a defender. Sometimes when the defender is under pressure he can do a bad tackle but I think he needs to pay more attention, because this has happened two times.

"We can have a problem if we have another situation like this. I spoke with Vinny and told him to have more attention on his tackles."

The sending-off has since been overturned after City lodged an appeal with the Football Association, meaning that Kompany is available for Saturday's visit of Fulham.

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Pascal Lemesre