Former Arsenal and Leicester City striker Alan Smith feels Vincent Kompany's struggles are influencing Manchester City's form slide.

Smith wrote in the Telegraph: "Vincent Kompany just does not look right.

"No longer the swaggeringly confident figure who formed the bedrock of two Premier League title wins, Manchester City's captain is making an unusual amount of mistakes, as the costly defeat to Liverpool proved only too well. The centre-half's travails, in fact, mirror those of City. Denied a dominant Kompany, the champions have lost their resilience and aura. They badly need the old version back to stand any chance in this title race."