City faces anxious wait after Kompany suffers injury scare

Vincent Kompany can't seem to catch a break.

Following his return Wednesday after missing 140 days due to various injuries, Kompany was forced to leave late in City's League Cup win over Swansea City, and was seen hobbling down the player's tunnel at the Liberty Stadium.

Manager Pep Guardiola remained hopeful that the City captain did not suffer a major injury, but will have to wait for medical results before determining whether Kompany will be forced to the sidelines with yet another injury.

"The doctors are speaking with him and seeing what's up," Guardiola told reporters.

"Hopefully, it will not be a big problem. We're going to wait for the results from the doctors."

When asked about his performance, Guardiola was pleased considering Kompany has not featured for City since last season's semi-final loss to Real Madrid, when he was forced out of the match after just nine minutes.

"(His performance) was good. It's not easy after a long, long time without playing," he said. "Defensively, he was so strong - he played really good.

"Once they scored the goal, after I said: 'What happened?' They said that Vincent had gone to the locker room. Hopefully, it will not be a big problem. We will have to wait.

Teammate Gael Clichy, however, spoke with Kompany shortly after the match and revealed that the injury does not appear to be serious: