Manuel Pellegrini sweating over Vincent Kompany fitness for Roma clash

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is hopeful that captain Vincent Kompany will be fit in time for their crucial Champions League clash with Roma.

The 28-year-old suffered a hamstring injury in Sunday's 3-0 win at Southampton, and yesterday Pellegrini ruled him out of trips to Sunderland and Everton.

City travel to Rome on Wednesday knowing that they must win their final Group E encounter to progress into the last 16, and the Chilean hopes that his skipper will be fit in time.

"Vincent is improving and maybe it is not such a serious injury as we thought at the beginning - but he needs to see the whole week and we will see what happens with him," he told reporters.

The Sky Blues beat Bayern Munich 3-2 in their penultimate group-stage game to reinvigorate their hopes of reaching the next phase.