we've been unlucky because teams have punished us, though I think we have defended well overall. Kompany is encouraged that City are still winning games despite under-performing -- and the 26-year-old insists the best is yet to come from the Eastlands outfit. "If you look at the games in December, January and February, that's the time when we've carried the team in the past and I'm sure we will do the same again if we have to," he added. "So I'm happy with things so far. If I had one message for the team, it would be 'Well done guys, we've always battled hard and shown how strong we are as a team and proved we have plenty of character'. "If we can win games when we are supposedly not at our best, what will happen we did hit top form? If that really is the case, then the best is yet to come."