Vincent Kompany ignored "don't shoot" and found the top corner
BoltMotivation's archival edit pairs the Manchester City captain's famous Leicester goal with teammates explaining why they wanted him to pass.
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They Told Him Not To Shoot…😱⚽️
Vincent Kompany could hear the warnings, and they were getting on his nerves. "Everyone's saying, you know, 'Don't shoot, don't shoot!' I could really hear it, and it was annoying me," he recalls in BoltMotivation's Short.
The clips channel brings together interviews and match footage to revisit his extraordinary goal against Leicester in 2019. Teammates admit they wanted a pass; an interview excerpt recalls his unpromising shooting in training. Kompany's answer is wonderfully stubborn: "I've not come this far in my career for young players to tell me whether I can take a shot or not." Then comes the strike into the top corner.
The edit drew about 1.4 million views since yesterday. Its stakes were real: City needed the win to keep the title's destination in their own hands, and eventually finished a point above Liverpool. But viewers also catch an overstatement in the narration's "last shot" framing: the scoreboard still shows the 70th minute. This wasn't a last-second rescue. It was a captain choosing his moment, in what became his final home appearance for City.
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- November 10, 2026
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Which country did Vincent Kompany represent internationally?
Kompany represented Belgium and captained the national team.


