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.
The loss of two mainstay players in the midfield this season has begun to be felt by Manchester City. Gundogan has left the squad while De Bruyne has to step aside, a situation like that certainly makes Pep Guardiola very confused and he must admit that the team's performance is starting to decline. But there is another side that makes City not so worried about the current situation, Kovacic's presence would certainly be the right alternative to overcome this problem and of course Guardiola had to change his scheme a little by placing John Stones as a defensive midfielder and giving roles to Kovacic and Foden as team rhythm controller. I think that scheme will be implemented by Guardiola.