Pep Guardiola had difficulty finding the right player to replace the injured De Bruyne, so he often rotated one player with another for the same purpose.
City are definitely missing the creativity of Kevin De Bruyne, what he brings to this City side makes him somewhat indispensable, but huge praise must go to Julian Alvarez, he is the player who has replaced KDB in the team, playing behind the striker (Erling Haaland), and he has been doing exceptionally well. I know he is not close to being as creative as KDB, but he is such a wonderful player and he has helped City not to miss KDB as much as they would have if he (Alvarez) wasn't in the team.
Footballers are getting injured quite often these days and it is because of the enormous amount of games they are made to play every season, with little to no break; it is so exhausting, and the people fixing these games have to look into this. These players are also humans and it is not just about the money that the footballing bodies want to make.
Too many coaches have complained and lamented over same issues, but all fell on deaf ears. I think, it was the reason that lead to the increments of substitution ( From ³Substitute to ⁵ Substitute ) in the Premier League. Earlier this season, Manchester City midfielder and only player to score a goal during the last Champions league said this is getting out of hand and shit needs to be done about it.
For Manchester City! How creative has he been this season? I mean Julian Alvarez! I think Pep Guardiola brings him in the game to make and create up space and free up Erling Haaland. More of the creation and creativity comes from Phil Foden, Bernado Silva and Doku for Manchester City.
I do think that Kevin De Bruyne's back already but Pep Guardiola has refused to bring in the Belgian International quickly into the squad.