The return of Manchester City's mainstay player, Kevin De Bruney, is a breath of fresh air for the Manchester City squad because De Bruney was the key to most of Manchester City's wins in previous league matches and now Kevin De Bruney is ready to return to defend and support his team against Arsenal.
Having missed several matches due to injury, it turned out to have had a big impact on Manchester City's defensive strength. Yes, while the top players are absent, they don't play in some matches. Manchester City played very badly, and it is true what you say, in fact there are also many of the best players from Manchester. City, but it was Kevin De Bruney who really dominated his playing ability and succeeded in winning for Manchester City in every match.
I won't argue with you, but to me, even without Kelvin DeBruyne, Manchester City are still strong. and they are playing well in their matches, but again, I don't think Kelvin De Bruyne absence is behind the result of Manchester City matches this season, or maybe I think you are referring to the fact that if he were around, they could have taken over the table of all the leagues. They are looking for the titles, even though you did not clearly say it. But I think that is where your discussion is going, but to me, I see that even with Kelvin De Bruyne, they will still remain like this because many teams are fully ready for the Manchester City season and they don't want to leave any title for them like last season. Furthermore, Manchester City performance is not the same as last season.
Kelvin De Bruyne is undoubtedly one of Manchester City's best players. When KBD was sidelined for a long time due to injury, we realized how much Manchester City needed him. You said apart from KBD, Manchester City has many other world class stars, I will not disagree with you at all but even if Manchester City has world class stars, the performance of all those stars depends a lot on KBD. Manchester City have other world-class stars who are more focused on scoring goals but less focused on creating the ball for goals. This player has a great ability to score goals like KBD has. KBD has always been the auto choice for Manchester City and when he was injured, no doubt the Manchester City management and the City players all missed a huge amount on the field and his absence was well understood.