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Pep Guardiola makes Kevin De Bruyne admission as Phil Foden reflects on difficult Man City spell
02.03.2023 - 00:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Wednesday, March 1.
Pep Guardiola declared that Kevin De Bruyne is back after the Manchester City skipper played his part in a 3-0 win over Bristol City.
De Bruyne has had a difficult time since the World Cup, like many of the squad, and a recent illness kept him out of the trip to Leipzig and any minutes at Bournemouth. He returned in the starting XI in the FA Cup on Tuesday even though Guardiola said that he was still carrying some of the effects of his illness.
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That resulted in a first half that the City boss was not satisfied with fully, despite his team taking a 1-0 lead thanks to a Phil Foden goal. But some strong words at half time were enough for De Bruyne to return to the pitch and have a bigger impact, influencing more of the play and topping his performance with the third goal struck past the keeper from outside the box.
"Kevin is back after his illness," said Guardiola. "He struggled with his rhythm in the first half, the second half was the Kevin that we know. In the first half he was so passive. We needed movements and he didn't move. We said at half time not just to stay in that position. Move inside, outside, channels. We need his contributions.
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Manchester City star Phil Foden has admitted that struggling with injuries and being out of the team has been the lowest part of his career to date.
Since the World Cup in Qatar, Foden has struggled for minutes. Against Manchester United in January, the 22-year-old picked up a foot injury which kept him out of the starting line-up until the draw at Nottingham Forest.
At the weekend, Foden made his first start since injury
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