Kevin De Bruyne has laughed off his manager’s criticism that he can still improve for Manchester City, saying he is happy with his current form and didn’t take the comments as a negative thing. Laughing when Guardiola’s comments were put to him,
Kevin De Bruyne said: “I don’t know. I tried to play as good as possible! We play so many games and it is so hectic, the schedule so difficult, some games are better than others. I am fairly happy with the way I play. Can you do better? Yes, of course. But I do not take it too much as criticism. You just want to be the best version of yourself you can be. I still feel confident in what I am doing. We had a brief conversation but not a big one. Just the usual stuff. I think some games have gone really well and sometimes a little bit less, but the schedule is so hard, we play so many games and we travel everywhere. You have to calculate everything. Like this week, if you don’t really play in Dortmund, then it is like two and a half training sessions in a week, so coming back into a rhythm is never that easy. I like rhythm as a player, but I am used to the changes and the rotation of the team. I am not too worried, If I can do better then it is good. I try to do the best I can.”
Reflecting on his winner against Leicester,
Kevin De Bruyne said: “It is a free-kick, you know. It is all or nothing. You try to hit it as sweetly as possible and today it goes in perfectly well. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t. And when it goes in like that, all good. I don’t think I shoot more in one game or another. It depends. Today I had more options to shoot and sometimes I try to choose the right option. It depends on what happens. I am quite happy with the choices I make even if sometimes it is the wrong decision.”
And with City keeping the pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League, looking to end the first part of the season in first place before the World Cup, De Bruyne said the task for City is straightforward.
Kevin De Bruyne said: “We need to look at the way we try to keep winning. We have two games left in the League and we will try to win those. We have done what we have needed to and had a great first part. Hopefully the second part comes and it will be a new season.
