Only playing for more than 20 minutes, but Kevin De Bruyne made a huge difference and helped Man City come back.

Newcastle has always been Man City’s favorite “prey” in the Premier League. However, The Citizens had an extremely hard time against the “Magpies” in round 21 of the Premier League.

De Bruyne was the difference that helped Man City come back against Newcastle

Kevin De Bruyne’s statistics in less than 30 minutes on the field are more impressive than all the players on the field.

Kevin De Bruyne came off the bench and played less than 30 minutes, but this midfielder’s statistics are more impressive than all the players on the field. Specifically, De Bruyne only needs 35 touches of the ball to have 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 key passes and make 9 crosses.

Five minutes after entering the field, De Bruyne received the ball in the middle, pushed twice and then shot a long shot through Fabian Schar’s legs to close to the post, surprising Dubravka and not having time to save. This is the 33-year-old midfielder’s first goal this season, because he was absent in the first half of the season due to injury.

In the first minute of injury time of the second half, De Bruyne received the ball in the middle before hanging it into the penalty area for Oscar Bobb to dive past Kieran Trippier, then turned the ball from his left foot to his right foot to eliminate goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and padding to an empty grid.

The two plays showed KDB’s great class and at the same time, that was also what The Citizens lacked in the early stages of the season. In fact, Man City has had to give up a lot of points this season as their attack lacks the breakthrough to finish off opponents in decisive moments while the defense cannot keep a clean sheet throughout 90 minutes.

However, with the return of De Bruyne, Man City’s ball attacks have regained their sharpness while their controlling style of play is also much more effective with the presence of the Belgian “conductor”.

With the opening goal thanks to Bernardo Silva, it was thought that Pep Guardiola’s army would easily control the match. However, two consecutive goals in the 35th and 37th minutes of Newcastle caused Man City to falter.

Fortunately, Man City has the service of Kevin De Bruyne back. Even though Silva played well from the beginning of the match, coach Pep Guardiola still withdrew him from the field to replace De Bruyne in the 69th minute.

The 32-year-old player’s class is promoted as soon as he enters the field. Just 5 minutes after entering the field, De Bruyne received the ball in the middle, pushed twice and then shot a long shot that Dubravka could not save.

The more the away team played, the more excited they became with De Bruyne’s command of the attack. Oscar Bobb, who came on to replace Jeremy Doku in the 82nd minute, shined promptly to bring Man City a 3-2 victory.

After the match, SofaScore also scored this substitute midfielder 8.7 points – the highest score in the match.