Without Haaland, Guardiola reacts to De Bruyne's masterful performance
Kevin De Bruyne saves Manchester City and this is how the Spanish coach reacted
Manchester City faced Sevilla in the last group stage match in the UEFA Champions League. Pep Guardiola's team had already qualified for the round of 16, but they wanted to secure first place at home and in front of their fans in what was also the last Champions League match of 2022.
In that sense, Guardiola's team saw how Sevilla FC was extremely solid on English soil. In addition, the Citizens were missing Erling Haaland due to injury and for this reason, Guardiola's concern was evident as the elements on the field could not solve the match against Sampaoli's team.
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However, Guardiola decided to play his strongest card on the bench, and put in Kevin De Bruyne, one of the team's big stars who he was resting in a game he thought would not bring many problems. What De Bruyne did when he came on completely astonished the coach, who did not hesitate to celebrate euphorically after the Belgian's action.
What did De Bruyne do to impress Guardiola?
The player entered the field of play and in one of his first balls sent a peripheral assist to Julian Alvarez for the winning goal. Shortly after, he started the play that would give the final goal of the match and Manchester City, through the feet of Kevin, took the victory in the UEFA Champions League.
