Player Topic: Kevin De Bruyne (2015/16)

[buckshot]

Bony didn't give him a chance. How are you supposed to put a cross in when your striker gives you no movement and just lets the defenders get between you and the ball? Yaya made a run one time and KDB perfectly put it on his foot.

 

[trevorriley]

rojo wasnt the reason for KDB having a relatively quiet one, it was the players around him that didnt allow him more time in the game, only yaya up front was anywhere near working with him. Sagna, sterling, bony didnt support him or read the game well... Had silva or aguero been on the pitch it would have been a totally different game him

 

[adelaideblue]

looked knacked at the end, hope he misses the mid week game, with the international games he's due a rest. given no room that silva would help create for him and bony left him isolated. would have liked to see him in the middle, taken bony off, push yaya up top for his strength and play sterling kdb and navas behind to support

 

[Heart.net]

I'm not surprised he was lacking in sharpness yesterday. De bruyne, Sterling and Fernandinho have had to overcompensate on the defensive end because of Yaya and Bony's complete lack of any semblance of defensive pressure over the last few weeks.

 

[supercity88]

He's going to have the occasional poor game, but it just wasn't a game for the attackers yesterday. We'll move on. Will be good to have Silva back soon just to freshen the attack up a bit.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I'm not surprised he was lacking in sharpness yesterday. De bruyne, Sterling and Fernandinho have had to overcompensate on the defensive end because of Yaya and Bony's complete lack of any semblance of defensive pressure over the last few weeks.

This is true & I mentioned it midweek.

The balance of the team has been such that it's asking too much of those players. But as our best player, DeBruyne should have been given preference vs Utd, instead of the team being built to suit Yaya. Then he would have found more space in dangerous areas. Pellegrini's only mistake imo.

 

[Blue Elmo]

He had a lot of work to do yesterday. With no Silva or Aguero I think a lot of people look to him to pick it up and he knew it. He tried a lot of killer passes yesterday and was marked out of the game. Can't fault his effort or work rate though. Another day when a team has to contend with Silva, Aguero and KDB, he'd be killing them off with the space he'd get.

 

[Heart.net]

This is true & I mentioned it midweek.

The balance of the team has been such that it's asking too much of those players. But as our best player, DeBruyne should have been given preference vs Utd, instead of the team being built to suit Yaya. Then he would have found more space in dangerous areas. Pellegrini's only mistake imo.

I agree. The player most likely to do damage yesterday was De Bruyne despite not playing well. There were a few moments of genuine quality and I was surprised to see the same team after the half time break when the obvious answer was to get De Bruyne on the ball more. Moving De bruyne inwards and subbing Navas on for Yaya was the call that i would have made.

 

[waspish]

For me De Bruyne would of been better in Yaya position and Navas on the right! Not playing yaya when he's fit we don't seem to do

 

[DeBruyne10]

rojo wasnt the reason for KDB having a relatively quiet one, it was the players around him that didnt allow him more time in the game, only yaya up front was anywhere near working with him. Sagna, sterling, bony didnt support him or read the game well... Had silva or aguero been on the pitch it would have been a totally different game him

Rojo is not good enough to handle De Bruyne on his own. The difference was that Rojo had to keep De Bruyne out of the game and got a lot of defensive support of his teammates (De Bruyne was the only player they had to watch out for defensively) and De Bruyne got no attacking support at all from his teammates (due to the Pellegrini tactic).

Rojo would also keep Messi out of the game with the same support for him and the same lack of support for Messi. Despite the fact he's not the best defender out there.