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#2 Kevin de Bruyne, the man, the myth, the master
The strawberry-blonde Belgian delivered yet another clinical performance yesterday, proving that he is one of the most vital cogs in Pep Guardiola's system. Burnley simply could not stop his advances as he kept on writing his own rulebook on the pitch.
In case there were doubts regarding his importance to the team, his absence between November 2018 and early January 2019 certainly proved doubters wrong, as City suffered a string of underwhelming results. It was during this phase when Kevin de Bruyne was out with injury that the Manchester club gave away a lead of 4 points to Liverpool.
Yesterday, de Bruyne's was a really sublime display. For starters, he teed up City's second goal by assisting Bernardo Silva, before going on to fire one in all by himself from 25 yards out. He also made intelligent runs and kept churning pinpoint passes across the pitch.
