Kevin de Bruyne is a legend!

Coach Pep Guardiola praised his student Kevin de Bruyne with excitement and pride after the match Man City 3-2 Newcastle, round 21 of the Premier League.

HLV Pep Guardiola: Kevin de Bruyne là một huyền thoại!

Coach Pep Guardiola is extremely excited with the impressive return of De Bruyne. (Source: Man City)

Pep Guardiola added that not letting the creative midfielder play from the start made things difficult for Man City: “I feel like he’s not ready to play 90 minutes after 5 months. So Man City were in that situation, before he came on and had an impact at the end of the game.

De Bruyne scores goals and assists, he is loved by Man City fans. Hopefully he can help us to the last matches of the season."

In a jubilant mood, Pep Guardiola did not hesitate to talk about his fourth consecutive Premier League title, something no other team has done: “The team has that opportunity, so why don’t we try? Man City have won the Premier League for three consecutive seasons and five of the last six seasons, the fourth consecutive title, why not?

The win against Newcastle was really important, because Liverpool are flying high in December and Man City have to play at Anfield in the second leg, so it's best for us to keep close to them."

Away from home, Bernardo Silva put Man City ahead in the 26th minute after an assist from captain Kyle Walker.

But Pep Guardiola's team let the home team Newcastle score 2 goals in less than 3 minutes (35' and 37'), in the context of goalkeeper Ederson having to leave the field from the 8th minute due to injury and Stefan Orteta replacing him.

Man City only reversed the situation thanks to the appearance of one name: Kevin de Bruyne.

In the 69th minute, Pep Guardiola sent the Belgian midfielder on to replace Bernardo Silva, marking De Bruyne's first Premier League appearance in five months. A few days earlier, he had also come off the bench and immediately made his mark with an assist for Doku to seal a 5-0 win for Man City over Huddersfield in the third round of the FA Cup.

And De Bruyne once again proved his genius, after only 5 minutes on the field, receiving the ball from Rodri, pressing 2 more beats and then unleashing a classy shot from outside the box to equalize 2-2 for Man City.

In the 90+1 minute, the master of assists had a delicate pass for 20-year-old player Oscar Bobb to break free, calmly turn the ball from his left foot to his right foot, and score against Newcastle, sealing an emotional 3-2 victory for the reigning cup holders.

With this result, Man City now has 43 points, ranked 2nd and is only 2 points behind Liverpool after having played the same number of matches (20).

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