De Bruyne produced another scintillating display as Manchester City brushed aside Bournemouth 4-0 – opening the scoring and playing a part in the other three goals.
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“I am so happy with Raheem Sterling’s start and he Instagrams and tweets less”, said the Spaniard. “And don’t say it is too easy”.
“I have heard from a long time ago that the Premier League is the toughest ever so I’m not going to accept now it’s so easy”. “He understands the game, he is physically strong, he helps us out a lot defensively, aggressive without the ball and with the ball it is clear. But I think he is happy when he plays with performances like today”.
“In Germany, some people said he failed at Bayern because he didn’t win the Champions League”.
“We have many injuries like David [Silva] and Fabian Delph, but OK the team was ready again and we won”. I am lucky and we are lucky to have him. “Of course I like records only because that means we win games but I’m not here to compete with previous coaches”. I see what happens when the training staff didn’t win [during Manuel Pellegrini’s reign at the club].
“Believe me, we are going to lose”.
Eddie Howe will be disappointed as Bournemouth arrived in Manchester high on confidence after beating West Brom away in their last game.
De Bruyne, 25, was also the Man of the Match in City’s 2-1 win at derby rivals Manchester United on Sept 10, scoring their opening goal and helping tee up Iheanacho for what proved to be the victor. City were slick in possession throughout but especially devastating on the counter-attack. Every single game has its own problem and we need to deal with them. “We didn’t allow them to play”.
“I think hopefully Vincent can start to play, to make the first steps”, Guardiola said of the centre-back.
“It was a case of trying to shore up the middle of the pitch and give us a platform to stay in the game”.
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“But they weren’t enough. All the players we create more chances than the opponent, we conceded less chances than the opponent, that is the most important thing”.
