Kevin de Bruyne

[hazardousteddybear 16]

Fantastic debut, was the big engine of City and created 5 chances against a strong Crystal Palace. He gave a few world class passes today again, Navas should always have scored from one of those. With Aguero at the field, he will have a lot of assists at the end of the season. He went to City very late, but still I think he will reach 15 PL assists this season.

Some great passes that should have led to goals, but wouldn't say he was the engine of City. Nasri was way more active and when De Bruyne was occupying the left flank there were periods you didn't notice De Bruyne because everything kept going through the right flank. Once he integrates I wonder what he'll be capable of.

[zolayes 14,489]

with KDB it has given them another option ,, If we still had him and Mata we would options too . Regardless of the fact we have players off form atm I just dont see what game we are trying to play. There seems no pattern or method .

[Oscar 441]

Thought all the ams played decent... Not to great, not to bad.

Still, they are all a level or more below David Silva's play.... When KDB play behind the striker, he was quite invisible and when he was on the flanks he seem to play much better.... However, this isn't wolfsburg where he is MR. everything.

15 assists the whole season will never happen, let alone just the epl season, since he will not take even half the set pieces and City don't play counter football...

I would predict 5 goals and 5 assists, unless he is given all the set piece responsibility....Granted your not the main cog to the team and option number 4-5, 5g and 5assist is reasonable output (however, not reasonable for the transfer fee).

[iseah100 5,612]

Would rather have kept Mata than him. Mata had a blog.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Compared to how good David Silva is, I'd say KdB was okay yesterday, but nothing spectacular.

[sutro 1,026]

Letting KDB go will haunt us for a very long time.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

If KDB would win the POY award in the PL next season, I think every Chelsea fan here will say he's just average, or that he plays decent .

He created 5 chances against a very strong Crystal Palace, fact. He gave a few insane world class passes, fact. He has put Navas alone in front of the goalkeeper with a superb pass, fact. And he did that after just 2 days of training in City. Still people here call that 'average' or 'okay but nothing more' or 'decent'. Lmao

[zolayes 14,489]

If KDB would win the POY award in the PL next season, I think every Chelsea fan here will say he's just average, or that he plays decent .

He created 5 chances against a very strong Crystal Palace, fact. He gave a few insane world class passes, fact. He has put Navas alone in front of the goalkeeper with a superb pass, fact. And he did that after just 2 days of training in City. Still people here call that 'average' or 'okay but nothing more' or 'decent'. Lmao

he might even be the third best player in the world but he's not good enough for Jose

[Oscar 441]

I hope you guys watch the game.

Right when KDB came in, all Juve did was attack his side. He lost the ball many times and was invisible defensively...

[Stats 7,060]

I hope you guys watch the game.

Right when KDB came in, all Juve did was attack his side. He lost the ball many times and was invisible defensively...

I say judge him when he plays a few more games. Even Aguero was poor when he came on. I have heard different things but when he came on against Palace most people say he changed the game.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Chelsea reject!

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

I hope you guys watch the game.

Right when KDB came in, all Juve did was attack his side. He lost the ball many times and was invisible defensively...

Blablabla. Pellegrini brought him too late, Sterling was horrible for 72 minutes, I think he didn't realise how many time was past. De Bruyne played decent for the few minutes he had, he lost the ball once the second time he touched it indeed.

But I get it:

KDB plays fantastic = Oscar saying he plays 'okay but nothing more'

KDB plays decent = Oscar saying he is 'the worst player in the world'

KDB plays one bad game = Oscar saying he 'plays like sh*t for 30 games in a row now'

Stop wasting your energy. KDB will always win the battle

Maybe it's time to realise that Mou was an idiot to treat Kevin the way he did? Maybe, just maybe...

[Oscar 441]

Blablabla. Pellegrini brought him too late, Sterling was horrible for 72 minutes, I think he didn't realise how many time was past. De Bruyne played decent for the few minutes he had, he lost the ball once the second time he touched it indeed.

But I get it:

KDB plays fantastic = Oscar saying he plays 'okay but nothing more'

KDB plays decent = Oscar saying he is 'the worst player in the world'

KDB plays one bad game = Oscar saying he 'plays like sh*t for 30 games in a row now'

Stop wasting your energy. KDB will always win the battle

Maybe it's time to realise that Mou was an idiot to treat Kevin the way he did? Maybe, just maybe...

If you watched the game, KDB lost the ball more than once.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1017572/LiveStatistics/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2015-2016-Manchester-City-Juventus

In addition, you would know that Juventus attacked his side consistently after his introduction. Sterling was bad going forward, lost the ball numerous times as well, however, he still somewhat puts a better shift than KDB defensively. It literally looked like Cuadrado was going right through KDB as if he was invisible on the left side.

Nasri is slowly going to get his place back in the starting 11 and the fact that man City hasn't put KDB as their official corner taker and set piece taker, your so called 15 assists is near impossible to get

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

If you watched the game, KDB lost the ball more than once.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1017572/LiveStatistics/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2015-2016-Manchester-City-Juventus

In addition, you would know that Juventus attacked his side consistently after his introduction. Sterling was bad going forward, lost the ball numerous times as well, however, he still somewhat puts a better shift than KDB defensively. It literally looked like Cuadrado was going right through KDB as if he was invisible on the left side.

Nasri is slowly going to get his place back in the starting 11 and the fact that man City hasn't put KDB as their official corner taker and set piece taker, your so called 15 assists is near impossible to get

You have a lot of energy you can waste for nothing . We will see how he has developed in 2 years

[Oscar 441]

You have a lot of energy you can waste for nothing . We will see how he has developed in 2 years

i Like KDB. However, i just felt that man city was a bad choice for him.

I was vouching more for liverpool/juventus to see him do well.

[Stats 7,060]

If you watched the game, KDB lost the ball more than once.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1017572/LiveStatistics/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League-2015-2016-Manchester-City-Juventus

In addition, you would know that Juventus attacked his side consistently after his introduction. Sterling was bad going forward, lost the ball numerous times as well, however, he still somewhat puts a better shift than KDB defensively. It literally looked like Cuadrado was going right through KDB as if he was invisible on the left side.

Nasri is slowly going to get his place back in the starting 11 and the fact that man City hasn't put KDB as their official corner taker and set piece taker, your so called 15 assists is near impossible to get

Ermmm he could not even get a start when KDB was at Wolfsburg.

Is he getting ahead of Silva? No. Sterling? No. KDB. No. Nasri will never be a regular in that team unless there is an injury. They upgraded over him in the transfer window for a reason.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/11875149/Kevin-De-Bruyne-Jose-Mourinho-only-spoke-to-me-twice-at-Chelsea.html

[The Skipper 20,593]

Very good goal. Has had a good half so far on his first start.