‘Are Manchester City better without Kevin De Bruyne?’ many of you foolishly pondered as Pep Guardiola’s side slotted in a third against Tottenham two weeks ago.
The final score read 3-0 to the home side. It was City’s fifth win in a row without last season’s Player of the Year, sidelined with a hamstring injury.
So the question was posed: are City better without him? 15 goals had been scored across those five games after all, including seven across clashes with Liverpool and Spurs.
Ilkay Gundogan found the net six times in that period – double what De Bruyne had managed all season – so perhaps the question was valid.
Against West Ham, as De Bruyne made his second start since returning from injury, the Belgian showed everyone who had made the claim just how utterly silly they had been with one glorious swing of his left foot.
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