Kevin De Bruyne is a significant doubt to guide Manchester Metropolis out of their Premier League showdown towards Arsenal this afternoon.
The Belgian captain, who loves taking part in towards the Gunners, suffered a groin damage throughout a goalless draw towards Inter Milan in midweek.
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De Bruyne picked up his newest health situation within the forty third minute of Wednesday’s Champions League stalemate on the Etihad Stadium.
The 33-year-old tried to proceed however was then introduced off at half-time, with Pep Guardiola remaining coy over his health.
Will De Bruyne be match to face Arsenal?
The attacking midfielder is a significant doubt to face the Gunners, however Guardiola has hinted that he could be match to play.
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Talking in Friday’s pre-match press convention, the Spaniard mentioned: “He feels just a little bit higher as we speak, however we’ll see tomorrow.
“He might be concerned.”
It will come as a blow to the guests, as De Bruyne relishes taking part in Arsenal, profitable 14, and shedding simply 4 of his 21 video games towards them.
Solely a kind of defeats occurred inside 90 minutes, and one other one is technically not even counted amongst official stats.
That is resulting from it being on penalties within the 2023 Neighborhood Protect – a recreation KDB additionally added to his Arsenal aim contributions with an help.
In 15 Premier League conferences, De Bruyne has scored eight instances and laid on an additional 4 – essentially the most that he is registered towards any single opponent.
For almost all of his second stint in England’s prime flight, Metropolis have dominated whereas Arsenal turned a faltering pressure.
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Nonetheless, De Bruyne has additionally turned it on in a title showdown between the 2 groups, bagging two objectives and an help in a 4-1 victory over Mikel Arteta’s facet in April 2023.
It was no shock Arteta’s first Premier League victory over Metropolis and Guardiola got here whereas De Bruyne was injured six months later.
The Spaniard did arrange a gameplan to shackle the previous Chelsea star throughout his final go to to the Etihad – a goalless attract March.
Mockingly, De Bruyne’s solely Premier League defeat to Arsenal nonetheless stays in his first-ever assembly as a Man Metropolis participant – when Arteta was membership captain on the Emirates.
The latter’s personal damage points noticed him sidelined for the Gunners’ 2-1 win in December 2015, with KDB beginning in a right-midfield function.
The next summer time Arteta had hung up his boots and linked up with De Bruyne after becoming a member of Man Metropolis as a coach – unwittingly to assist construct Arsenal’s future bogeyman.
With present membership captain Kyle Walker out of favour, De Bruyne has additionally been sporting the Metropolis armband for almost all of this season.
Ruben Dias took over the skipper duties for the second-half towards Inter, with Ilkay Gundogan filling within the superior No.8 place.
