by What Kevin De Bruyne is doing is worthy of study. The Belgian, who has practically not been able to participate in the first part of the season, returned on January 7 wanting to lead Manchester City again. Since her return, He has generated nine goals in the seven games he has played. Two goals and seven assists.
Calculating the average is easy, even for those who are bad at math. De Bruyne, between goals and assists, generates more than one goal for his team every game he plays. The data is more shocking if it is compared to the minutes of play.
He has only started three of the seven games he has played since his return, accumulating a total of 366 minutes on the green. That means he is scoring a goal for Manchester City every 40.6 minutes..
CAN’T STOP SHINE
Against Copenhagen, a match corresponding to the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, he returned to play in the premier competition. And he celebrated by participating, giving the victory to Guardiola’s team, participating in all the goals with a goal and two assists (1-3). He appeared in the 11th minute to put City ahead at the Parken Stadium with a cross shot that hit the base of Grabara’s goal post. In the 45th minute, he put his foot on a split ball to leave Bernardo Silva alone to finish at will and go ahead on the scoreboard before the break. In the 92nd minute, he passed the third to Foden with a good back pass after winning the baseline.
Kevin De Bruyne, during the Champions League match against Copenhagen /EFE
On his return, on January 7 against Huddersfield in the FA Cup (5-0), he scored the fifth and final goal for Doku.. Afterwards, he only played 22 minutes against Newcastle, on January 13, in what was his first game in the Premier League after the injury. Thanks to the Belgian, City ended up taking the three points from St.James’s Park. He came on in the 69th minute with the score against. He equalized the match in the 74th minute with a whip that he invented and gave the winning goal to Oscar Bobb in the 91st minute..
De Bruyne shone against Newcastle /EFE
Then came Tottenhamon January 26th. He only added 26 minutes and it was the only game in which he neither scored nor scored.. On January 31, in his first start after the injury, he wanted to leave his mark. against Burnley (3-1) assisting Julián Álvarez in the second goal. Same contribution that he signed five days later, against Brentford (3-1). This time, he put the second on a plate for Foden, who scored the three goals of the match.
Finally, and Before being City’s star again against Copenhagen, he warmed up against Everton (2-0), last February 10. Haaland unblocked a game that was looking complicated with the collaboration of De Bruyne, who gave him a long-range ‘candy’ so that the Norwegian could exploit all his power against the ‘Toffee’ defence.
Pep Guardiola, a confessed ‘in love’ with the Belgian, already said it. “Kevin is a special player. See things others can’t see in the field“How much they missed him. Luckily for the one from Santpedor, he is back, and more plugged in than ever.
