“King Kev”. Kevin de Bruyne had the right to a widely deserved tribute to the public of Etihad Stadium, last Tuesday during the arrival of Bournemouth, for his latest match in the Antre de Manchester City. Exceptional playmaker of the Cityzens for 10 years (108 goals and delivered 177 assists in 420 matches), champion of England six times and winner of the Champions League under Pep Guardiola (2023), “KDB” marked an entire generation.
Holder in recent weeks (especially in the FA Cup final lost against Crystal Palace, 1-0), from Bruyne finds the bench for the last day of the Premier League and a match in Fulham, this Sunday (5 p.m.). The 2024 champion must not lose in Craven Cottage to validate his qualification for the next C1. The Mancunians are 3rd with two points more than Newcastle, Chelsea and Aston Villa. The first five will be qualified for the LDC.
Rodri on the bench with de Bruyne
Kevin de Bruyne is 4 goals and 7 championship assists (he was not decisive in seven champions League matches). The 33 -year -old Belgian international would be close to joining Napoli, just crowned Italian champion and therefore qualified for the next LDC.
To feed Erling Haaland, Guardiola opted for Bernardo Silva, Omar Marmoush and Jérémy Doku to challenge the London formation of Joachim Anderson, Adama Traoré or Raul Jimenez. On the bench, in addition to Bruyne, we also find Rodri (who played 10 minutes on Tuesday), Savinho or Phil Foden.
The starting eleven: Ederson – Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol – Nico, Gundogan – Bernardo Silva, Marmoush, Doku – Haaland.
