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I see the loss of the figure of Kevin De Bruyne greatly affecting the performance of the Manchester City team, their front line is not well organized and there is not enough supply of balls for strikers, this is dangerous for Man City in the next match because they will lose Kevin De Bruyne who is absent for 6 months due to injury.

You are right, so far Kevin De Bruyne role has been very important in building Manchester City's attack. He has been likened to the brain of an attacker who can read the opponent's gap, but now Manchester City losing him for several months is a bad sign. In my opinion, it is very difficult to replace the role of Kevin De Bruyne, therefore Pep Guardiola must think hard to find other options. Especially after losing Gundogan when he was still at Manchester City he could replace Kevin De Bruyne.

I dont know what player can currently replace him on that position with the similar quality. He has been the brains behind a lot of attacks of Man City in the previous season and without him this is gonna cause problems. We seen already against Sevilla that there were many problems in getting that direct ball for the goal.

Losing Gundogan has actually been a big loss for the club. And now De Bruyne must also rest and recover from the injury he experienced. And of course this will have a lot of effect on Manchester City's performance. But Manchester City are still lucky because they have Foden who is always ready to replace De Bruyne's position. Although he is not as good as De Bruyne. But still he is still an extraordinary player. All the club can hope for is that De Bruyne recovers quickly and can return to playing. Well, maybe for half the season De Bruyne will be out. But it is hoped that in the second half of the season he can return to the field. But usually players who have been injured have to adapt again if they want to return to their previous best performance.

I think this really is a massive problem for Manchester City. Just have a look at the numbers and it can easily be said that Manchster City could be in deep trouble here.

Gundogan had 18 scorer points with 11 goals and 7 assists and De Bruyne (this is really crazy) had 41 scorer points consisting of 31 assists and 10 goals. This is the summary for all competitions, but their contribution as the duo in the midfield was tremendous for their success last year. That means the two players were involved in 59 Manchester City goals. if now all of a sudden both players are gone from their midfield, how is any team in the world successfully compensating for such a loss.