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Matthew Abbott

Vincent Kompany sums up size of Burnley task vs Man City with Real Madrid and Barcelona claim

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany has prepared for the toughest test in world football by bringing his Burnley side away to Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Kompany knows that more than most, having made more than 360 appearances for City, 169 of which came on home turf.

The Clarets boss has compared the task ahead of the runaway Championship leaders to playing against Liverpool at Anfield, which he experienced eight times in a City shirt, with mixed results. Kompany also named Camp Nou in Barcelona and Real Madrid's Estadio Santiago Bernabeu the hardest of challenges for an opposition side.

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