It must be a dream to be a striker alongside a man like Kevin De Bruyne.
There are few sure things in this life but when the Belgian genius gets on the ball, everybody knows that something is about to happen.
The opposition defenders scurry backwards unsure of what to do. Forwards, like Sergio Aguero tear into space buoyed by the knowledge that the sweetest ball-striker in the land is going to place it on a six-pence. Raheem Sterling takes off like a man possessed.
At the perfect time and with the perfect weight, De Bruyne will always find them.
He did not deserve to lose that game.
There was a time during Man City and Spurs’ wonder-match that City’s play-maker was averaging an assist every 19 minutes.
In his last two games, he’s directly set-up five goals. Those are record-breaking stats but when you were lucky enough to watch City’s 17 drive Spurs’ defenders to distraction for 90 full minutes at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, it’s plain to see that this man is a class apart.
Relentless.
The fact that he’s missed out on four months of this season helps to explain it, but by God, that man is making up for lost time now. The game was no older than four minutes when he began doing his thing.
A searing dart through the Spurs midfield, a dream of a ball out to Raheem Sterling, City were in business
Spurs were quick to respond but De Bruyne was a man on a massion. His blasted cross for Sterling’s second goal of the night was like something you’d see with the tv on fast forward mode.
Zipped to the promised land. All Sterling had to do was tap it in.
Kevin De Bruyne's pass 👌#MCITOT pic.twitter.com/bYqfQQJBGE
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) April 17, 2019
And he was at it all night long. Aguero was the beneficiary in the second half, when De Bruyne with all of his composure had the Spurs defenders in a spin before setting the Argentine free.
AGUERO!
Cometh the hour! Cometh the man! 🔵#MCITOT #UCL #VMSport pic.twitter.com/hC6MQXcb93
— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) April 17, 2019
But football fans worldwide were the beneficiaries for an hour and a half long. What a game. What a player.
Let's watch what Kevin de Bruyne just did again.
And again.— Philippe Auclair (@PhilippeAuclair) April 17, 2019
When is Kevin de Bruyne going to Barcelona?
— Lerato Ledwaba (@Leera_Led) April 17, 2019
It’s games like today which show you the gulf in quality between Pogba and De Bruyne. Pogba is elite ‘on his day’, KDB does this with alarming regularity. Hat trick of assists on the biggest stage is world class.
— Hesham Bilal-Hafiz (@hesham786) April 17, 2019
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