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Manchester City will learn on Tuesday whether skipper Vincent Kompany will be out long-term with a hamstring injury.

Kompany suffered the injury during City's 3-0 win over Southampton at the weekend and limped off towards the end of the game at St Mary's Stadium.

The Belgian defender will definitely miss City's trip to Sunderland tomorrow, while Manuel Pellegrini will wait to find out about Everton on Saturday.

That is followed by their crunch Champions League tie away to Roma next Wednesday, which will decide if they reach the knockout stage.

Blues boss Pellegrini said he would learn later on Tuesday the full extent of Kompany's injury and whether the defender will be ruled out of action for a significant period.

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“We will know this afternoon exactly what he has,” said Pellegrini.

“He has an injury in his hamstring but we will see how long it will be.

“But we will need to wait until then.”

City have lost 1-0 on their last four outings to Sunderland, but successive wins in the Premier League have seen them rise to second in the table, six points behind leaders Chelsea.

“We were never out of the fight for the title,” said Pellegrini. “We have a lot of games to play and there are many points to decide who will be champions this year.”