At home, reigning FA Cup champions Man City showed their strength by scoring 5 goals against lower-league Huddersfield. This match also marked the return of Kevin De Bruyne after 149 days off.
The Belgian star did not take long to make his mark with an assist for Jeremy Doky to score the 5th goal for the home team. According to Opta, De Bruyne is the player with the most assists in the top 5 European leagues, since the 2022/23 season, with 30 assists for teammates, 6 more than the second-placed player, Mohamed Salah.
De Bruyne's statistics are even more impressive, as he has only played 3 times this season.
De Bruyne returns at the most important stage of the season.
Also according to Opta, since Pep Guardiola came to work at Etihad at the beginning of the 2016/17 season, Man City has had 42 crushing victories over opponents with a difference of 5 goals or more, a number that no Premier League team can reach.
Even Jurgen Klopp's mighty Liverpool have only managed to do the same 19 times. The next two teams are Tottenham (15 matches) and Arsenal (13 matches).
In addition, Phil Foden also created a remarkable milestone for himself, which is the only player to score in the entire FA Cup season recently. The shot from a narrow angle, opening the score was also the English midfielder's 70th goal for "The Cityzens".
Speaking after the win over Huddersfield, coach Pep Guardiola praised De Bruyne: "Kevin is special. He is unique. Everyone can easily see how good Kevin is from his assist for Doku."
Man City, along with other Premier League teams including Liverpool, Brighton, Tottenham, Fulham, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Sheffield, Chelsea, Bournemouth, have all played. Arsenal are the only Premier League club to have been eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup so far. Mikel Arteta's team lost 0-2 at home to Liverpool.
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