De Bruyne will not return to the game until January - February, so it is pointless to discuss his possible appearance in the match with Liverpool. City are playing well without De Bruyne, Guardiola never built the team’s game on one player and although Kevin has become a very important player in Guardiola’s scheme, now City are coping quite well without him.
Liverpool are not playing their best away, they have won only one of their last five games against Bournemouth, they have drawn two and lost two, while City look great at home and rarely drop points.
Current Manchester City matches result on Premier League and UEFA Champion League seems they are not depending with Kevin De Bruyne and keep on the top position both competition participants. Actually De Bruyne is key player for Manchester City but losing him not huge impact regarding still keep in the winning trend. But if Kevin De Bruyne will return on next year its good news for Manchester City exactly they will play many important matches, however not really good if must play him before recovering from injury and his condition 100% already to play.
Next match, Manchester City will face Liverpool and trend for City keep in the winning result or they will loss points and loss first standing place. Most excited match but many rumor with Manchester City will loss their player regarding injury after playing on international break out match with their national team.