Manchester City booked their spot in the FA Cup fifth round with a hard-fought win against Tottenham on Friday night. Nathan Ake scored the winner to gun down the north Londoners.
Kevin De Bruyne lifts lid on his nutmeg magic after Man City repeat at Newcastle
15.01.2024 - 11:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Last season, Manchester City were trailing at Newcastle when Kevin De Bruyne came up with an assist nobody else could have seen.
From a central position, the 32-year-old slotted the ball through the legs of the stretching Joe Willock five yards away on its way into the penalty area where Bernardo Silva collected it and slotted home the equaliser. On Saturday, with City trailing at Newcastle, De Bruyne ran at the defence and his shot went through the legs of Fabian Schar and into the corner of the goal for the equaliser.
De Bruyne then went on to provide the winner for Oscar Bobb as the Norwegian netted his first Premier League goal in style to claim a vital three points for Pep Guardiola's side, and while Bobb earned some headlines there were even more for De Bruyne. Most of them focused on his remarkable impact after coming back from injury, but City's talisman was also asked about how much of a coincidence it was to produce two moments of magic 18 months apart with two nutmegs that brought goals.
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It's not coincidental, it's well thought out," he told Play Sports. "I see with the move that I make that Julian [Alvarez] goes to the right and he takes [Sven] Botman with him and I see that [Fabian] Schar is making himself look as big as possible because it's one-on-one.
"In my head his legs are wide open, so of course I tried to shoot through the legs and then it went into the corner perfectly so yeah, it was conscious. It's very difficult for the goalkeeper to respond. That's why I took it on the inside of my foot and tried to focus on precision
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