17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2022/23 Performances

[Withnail]

Let him have 45 mins against Leeds and sub him at ht ready for Madrid.

 

[mosssideblue]

Certainly missed him last night

 

[Don Karleone]

 

[jimharri]

I wouldn't start him on saturday. Bring him on with, say, half an hour left to get some game time into his legs before the trip to Madrid.

 

[buckshot]

Do we really believe he was hurt or was this just a ploy to give him a week off before the run in?

 

[RobertVentura]

Do we really believe he was hurt or was this just a ploy to give him a week off before the run in?

I don't believe so. If you looked carefully, you can see Kevin signalling to the bench minutes before his second goal in the Arsenal match. And also, he sort of thought to stop running before Erling passed the ball back to him. He was uncomfortable about something.

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Do we really believe he was hurt or was this just a ploy to give him a week off before the run in?

Dont think he was injured but also don’t think he was fine.

Somewhere about 60 percent fit. Seems ideal for all parties that he had exactly a week off

 

[buckshot]

Dont think he was injured but also don’t think he was fine.

Somewhere about 60 percent fit. Seems ideal for all parties that he had exactly a week off

That's what I was thinking. If he's feeling the same before the CL semis or a cup final he'd have been playing.

 

[upb78]

Certainly missed him last night

We will always miss his absence when he plays this well, but yesterday was a tough match regardless, WHU was constantly defending with too many player inside or near the box, i'd say the team did pretty well.

 

[Gabriel]

Surprised he played the full game and he does get himself in some tangles at times. You see him going for 45/55 challenges that are not in his favour and you just close your eyes and hope for the best.