Vincent Kompany has called on his Manchester City team-mates to 'apply themselves correctly' as they look to successfully defend their Premier League crown.
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The Citizens dropped six points off the top of the standings on Sunday as a last-gasp Robin van Persie free-kick handed Manchester United a 3-2 victory in the derby.
The result followed on from a week in which Roberto Mancini's men saw their Champions League, as well as Europa League ambitions, ended, but City captain Kompany is hoping for a big response from the side.
"In my mind, there is no difference other than we now know we can do it, so if we apply ourselves correctly we can win it again," said the Belgium international.
"Of course, as champions you start most games as favourites to win and teams tend to sit back a little bit more and wait for you to take the game to them - then try to catch you on the counter-attack.
"Teams may have more respect, but they are not naive with it and that makes each game a bit trickier than it was last season. It's an honour to be defending the Premier League title, so you have to take everything that comes with it.
"The message was very clear for everyone at the start of the season - we can't sit back and just expect the success of the last campaign to land in our laps again.
"We have the ambition to improve on our achievements last season and do better again.
"That's our aim and what we work towards every day in training. We've learned a lot from winning the title but I still think there is a lot of room for improvement."
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