Together with Jerome Boateng, the quartet were all awaiting their first City goals this season - until Sunday that is, when De Jong and Zabaleta both struck in the 2-1 win over West Ham that leaves the Blues odds-on to claim a Champions League place next term.
It leaves Kompany fearing he is going to be the butt of renewed dressing room banter about a failure to find the net in his 41 appearances so far this term.
"We joke about this but it is also a challenge," Kompany told the Manchester Evening News.
"I had better start working on it now - I can score as well so it can't be that long before I get one."
Source: PA
Source: PA