If Martin Demichelis had asked for a new contract six months ago, you would have heard the groans from Manchester City fans all the way down to his native Cordoba in Argentina. It was only a man-of-the-match performance against Hull City on March 15 following Vincent Kompany’s dismissal that belatedly gave City fans a glimpse of the real Demichelis, who had previously looked slow, cumbersome and earned a red card against Barcelona that killed City’s Champions League prospects. Since then, he’s hardly put a foot wrong from playing in a World Cup final for Argentina to scoring City’s crucial equaliser at Arsenal on Saturday.
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Manuel Pellegrini has shown great faith in Martin Demichelis
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The Argentine's Manchester City luck changed against Hull in March
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Demichelis is expected to be handed a new contract at the Etihad Stadium
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Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri and Vincent Kompany have penned new deals
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