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Vincent Kompany says growing tired of being told by midfielders not to shoot from distance during his career inspired him to score a 30-yard screamer that secured a key victory for Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

The Blues will retain the league title for the first time in their history with victory against Brighton on the final day of the season after Kompany's 70th-minute rocket handed City a 1-0 victory against Leicester at the Etihad.

Leicester had proven stubborn opposition and threatened to end City's 12-game winning run in the league after Sergio Aguero had a header saved off the line by Kasper Schmeichel.

But Kompany, who started his third consecutive City game for the first time this season, stepped up and unleashed an unstoppable effort to send City a point clear of Liverpool with one game to play.

And the Blues' captain said he had a point to prove with his effort.

"Desire, belief," he told Sky Sports of the motivation behind his strike. "Exactly what you said. I didn't score this season but for me I always feel in big moments, in moments like this, that I'm going to do something. I don't know if it's a header, anything, I always feel I'm going to do something.

"Today was a little bit of frustration because everyone was saying 'don't shoot, don't shoot'. I could really hear it and it was annoying me and I said 'hold on a second, I've not come this far in my career for young players to tell me when I can take a shot or not. So I just took it.

"All I'm going to say is I’ve scored goals like that in training.

"You know what it's a funny story because it’s 15 years of top level football of having midfielders tell me 'don't shoot, play the ball wide, play the ball wide.'

"And every single time I miss I told them 'for 15 years I promise you I said one day I'm going to have a shot from outside the box and I'm going to score a goal and you're gonna be really happy with that one'.

"And today happily, it's a big goal.

"We haven't achieved anything but it was an important win against a very, very strong team."

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