Kevin de Bruyne (Photo Credit: Reuters)
Kevin De Bruyne says Manchester City’s targeted method has been key to the leaders’ surge in direction of the Premier League title.
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- Last Updated:April 04, 2021, 17:40 IST
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Kevin De Bruyne says Manchester City‘s focused approach has been key to the leaders’ surge in direction of the Premier League title. Pep Guardiola’s facet beat Leicester 2-0 on Saturday and want simply three wins from their remaining seven video games to safe a 3rd title in 4 seasons. Goals from Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus despatched City 17 factors away from second-placed Manchester United, who face Brighton on Sunday. City’s fifteenth successive away win in all competitions was particularly spectacular because it got here towards in-form Leicester and with lots of Guardiola’s gamers simply again from a draining worldwide interval.
De Bruyne, in motion for Belgium in the course of the World Cup qualifiers, was delighted with the best way his quadruple-chasing crew rapidly acquired their focus again on the title.
“They played defensive and we had to be patient. That’s what we did and I was happy for Mendy to break the deadlock,” De Bruyne advised City’s web site.
“I thought we were really good today. Especially the first half we totally dominated. They had the chance with (Jamie) Vardy but in the first half there was basically one team playing.
“If you look at 90 minutes it was 2-0. I think we deserved more goals. After an international break, that’s really well done by the team.
“I came back on Tuesday after the game and trained on Thursday and half the team trained yesterday.
“All we can do is rest up, be ready for the games and the manager chooses the players who have been here the longest.
“When you win the game it’s always the right pick. The team did really well and I am really pleased.”
