Home > Sports Betting News > Kompany dismissal may leave Man City empty handed this season
Vincent Kompany now misses both legs of Carling Cup semi final with Liverpool
Manchester City are out of the FA Cup, but looking at the bigger picture the sending off of Vincent Kompany in the defeat to Manchester United may have greater repercussions on how many trophies they win this season.
Rewind back 12 months and it was Arsenal who were considered outside contenders to win four trophies.
However, their whole season blew up in late February when losing the Carling Cup final to Birmingham and being knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona.
Soon after they were also eliminated from the FA Cup and effectively too far adrift in the Premier League title race to challenge.
Manchester City may not make it until February before suffering the same fate as Kompany’s sending off threatens their campaign a month sooner.
They are now already out of the FA Cup and the captain’s four-game ban will include both Carling Cup semi finals with Liverpool.
This comes at a nightmare time for Roberto Mancini with fellow centre back Kolo Toure already absent at the African Nations Cup, along with brother Yaya, who is arguably the most influential player in their entire squad.
Therefore, the pressure will firmly be Joleon Lescott and Stefan Savic, who is inexperienced at the top level, to keep their aspirations on track and especially ensure they get a result from a massive Premier League game with Tottenham later this month.
Manchester City are to appeal the decision and Mancini remains confident that the ban will be overturned.
If not though, Manchester City could find themselves out of the Carling Cup and by the time Kompany returns it may be advantage Manchester United in the Premier League title battle.
And with the club unlikely to take the Europa League entirely seriously, Manchester City’s odds to win no trophies this season may appeal at 5/1.
New Ladbrokes customers: Simply register today & enter the correct promo code, then place a single bet of £/€5 or more on ANY SPORT & we’ll match your stake with a Free Bet up to £/€50.
You must be aged 18 years or over to bet and participate in this promotion.
Correct promo code must be entered. First bet must be made on the same day as registration.
Free bets must be placed within 7 days of award otherwise they will expire.
Qualifying bet must be a win single of £5 or more placed on any sport. Only the win parts of each-way bets qualify.
The Free Bet will be credited on settlement of the qualifying bet and can be redeemed online, mobile and telephone.
Free Bets are non-refundable. The Free Bet stake is not included in any returns.
Duplicate accounts will not qualify for this free bet offer. Only 'one new account offer' per person, household address, email address, debit/credit card number, or IP address is allowed.
Void bets do not count.
Free Bet must be used in its entirety on any sport.
Offer not available in Ladbrokes retail shops.
Any bets placed from cash, Ukash, MoneyBookers and Neteller deposits will not qualify for this offer.
This promotion is not available in conjunction with any other new customer Free Bet offer.
Free Bet must be used on a different race selection or market to the qualifying bet.
Free Bet cannot be used to fund tote, pool or lottery bets.
Free Bet cannot be redeemed on any other online product (Casino, Poker, Bingo, Games, Financial, Lottos, and Virtual Racing).
Redeemed Free Bet will not count towards qualification to view streamed events.
Free Bet does not count towards qualifying for any other promotional offers.
A Free Bet token be partially redeemed. If you attempt to place a bet for a lesser total stake than the value of your Free Bet, the remaining value of the Free Bet will be void.
Ladbrokes accepts no responsibility for system or connection problems that might affect any end user during the promotion.
Offer is only open to customers living in the UK and Ireland betting on the English or Irish language site. * Other countries may be added.
Certain In-Play markets are settled by an external company therefore your free bet may take up to 24 hours to be assigned to your account. If your free bet is not redeemed within 24 hours please contact our Customer Service – By email: care@ladbrokes.com or Call 0800 731 41 71 (from the UK), +44 208 429 79 71 (from outside of the UK)
Ladbrokes may determine at its sole discretion whether it believes different entries or accounts are connected to the same person, using whatever methods it deems appropriate.
If the terms of the offer are breached or there is evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, enhanced payments, Free Bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, Ladbrokes reserve the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition Ladbrokes reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, Free Bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer's identity prior to us crediting any free bet or offer to their account.
In the event of a breach of these terms and conditions Ladbrokes reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in its absolute discretion.
The promoter is Ladbrokes Sportsbook LP, a limited partnership registered in Gibraltar, number 44, whose registered office is 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar.
