Vincent Kompany showers praise on Manchester City youngster Dedryck Boyata after solid comeback display in Sunderland victory

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Dedrcyk Boyata is hugely respected amongst his Manchester City team-mates according to compatriot Vincent Kompany.

The Manchester City defensive line looked rock solid during Sunday’s convincing 5-0 victory over Sunderland and Kompany heaped praise on the 20-year-old full-back who was only appearing for the third time this season.

“Dedryck is unbelievable because he didn’t play for a long time and he is someone that the team has a lot of respect for because when he comes in he always delivers,” Kompany told the club’s offcial website.

“And it is not only the easy games where he comes in.  He has played in the most difficult games the club has had in the last few years and delivered.

“He is someone that we trust, someone we can rely on and someone we believe will be a great player for this club in the future.”

Now fully capped by Belgium, Boyata won Manchester City’s young player of the year award last term and whilst injury have curtailed his development this season, defensive teammate Kompany has no doubt that the youngster has all the credentials to improve.

“I’m not worried about Dedryk because he always wants to improve,” added Kompany.

“He’s been injured for a bit and you could think he’ll be forgotten about but here he is today and people realise he is actually a really good player.”

City’s attacking players ran riot against Steve Bruce’s men, notching five goals from five different sources, whilst the robust pairing of Kompany and Lescott ensured City kept their third clean sheet in four outings.

The 24-year-old Belgian believes the duo are able to drag the best out of one another as they continually want to improve their standard.

He added: “We always push each other  to improve and we know that today we played an almost perfect game but if they had one or two chances we push each other to not make those mistakes again and that’s why we look stronger and stronger.”