Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta is hoping to put an injury-ravaged first half of the season behind him in 2016.
The Argentina full-back missed the first two months of the season after sustaining knee ligament damage during training and suffered a recurrence of the problem during October s 5-1 League Cup win over Crystal Palace.
Zabaleta was an unused substitute for Tuesday s goalless draw at high-flying Leicester City and feels he is back up to speed physically ahead of Saturday s trip to Watford.
The knee feels really good and I ve felt great in training over the past few days, he told City s official website.
I started full training again a few days before the Sunderland game [on December 26] so it was too soon to return because I neede…