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Kevin de Bruyne’s impact in Manchester City cannot be overstated. He is the playmaker in the team and ensures Haaland gets the goals. Manchester City has a great squad on the pitch and on the bench. They are not a side that can be affected greatly by injuries. Despite the absence of KDB and Haaland, Manchester City have a good chance of finishing the game as winners. Manchester City may experience some difficulties winning games in the EPL without KDB but surely not against Copenhagen.

Obviously, Bruyne has a big influence on the team's performance because obviously, it has been proven that without Bruyne in the first half of the season, Manchester City must work extra to get good results in every match. After all, the benchmark in the Champions League is not only about playing against Copenhagen, because of course, Manchester City must also have excellent preparation for the next phase in the Champions League and also in the Premier League.

Therefore, recovering Bruyne and Haaland is very important for Manchester City. After all, no matter how great Manchester City is but if their key players are injured, it will obviously greatly affect the team's performance. At least, you can also compare it with Real Madrid as the king of Europe when they get some of their key players injured, then the team's performance also decreases.

So ya, you cannot just consider that Manchester City is a big team and does not need Bruyne and Haaland because after all, these two players are the key to Manchester City's success too.

I agree with you guys that KDB and Haaland are the most important part of the attack. But I think Julian Alvarez and KDB's replacements such as Foden are doing well in the attacking area. KDB and both Haaland will be back before the games of UCL against Copenhagen I believe.

But I think you guys are wrong about one thing and that is that Rodri is the most important player in the Manchester City squad. Just check the stats of Manchester City's win rate of when he started the match and when he did not. Manchester City almost won all the matches when Rodri started and lost many games when Rodri did not. He was the most valuable player in the Club World Cup a few weeks ago. That tells you how valuable he is to the team. He was also out of the team and now that he is back, look at how they came back in the league topping Arsenal in the league table with one match to spare.

But I believe if these players were unavailable, Manchester City would win against Copenhagen.

Regards

Duke