Pep Guardiola on Vincent Kompany's mental state being affected by injuries

Pep Guardiola says Vincent Kompany’s mental state has been affected by all the injuries he has suffered in the last two years. That’s why he pulled out of the Champions League clash against Barcelona. 

“What happened in the last two years I don’t know. We are working on that with the doctors,” explained Guardiola.

“So I thought two or three days ago for Camp Nou, maybe for his personality, maybe he can do that. But one day after, in the training session, he said: ‘I didn’t feel like this [good].’ In that moment, when his head is not ready and with what happened in the last two years, it is better to stay out. 

“I don’t want to put a lot of pressure about how many games we want him to play or set big, big targets. So it’s just try to train good and after a week of training no injuries, we’ll play a game, and after that another one. And after that we’ll see. But I think when he’s trying to play one game and after another one, he’ll take a lot of confidence. Maybe he’ll be able to play a few games.”