Vincent Kompany wants his players to "smarten up"
Vincent Kompany will defend his players for mistakes, but wants them to smarten up and win the next game.
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00:00 What's the goal ultimately?
00:02 That the players turn up the next time and win the game.
00:05 And you always have different groups, different individuals,
00:09 but the key point where you can't compromise is if someone's not worked hard,
00:14 if someone's not turned up for the team and has been selfish.
00:18 And I wouldn't let it slide as a captain, I wouldn't let it slide as a manager ever.
00:22 It doesn't matter.
00:24 I don't even let it slide with my kids.
00:26 So it wouldn't happen.
00:28 But in the context of a performance like today and an individual mistake that cost us,
00:34 you know, you have to tell them to do it again.
00:39 And you have to – the performance, obviously – and to smarten up.
00:45 We'll show them, we'll help them, and we won't let them drop any standards ever.
00:50 But that's the key thing.
00:52 So the side of me you will get depends on everything you do in between those moments.