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De Bruyne: Don’t panic
- Updated: October 20, 2016
Kevin De Bruyne insists Manchester City have no reason to panic after their Barcelona mauling extend their winless sequence to four games.
The Belgium playmaker believes City can respond to the 4-0 loss by beating the Spanish champions when the sides meet again in the Champions League in a fortnight’s time.
City’s belief in playing out from defence backfired spectacularly at the Nou Camp as Claudio Bravo was sent off for handball after coming out of his area and losing possession.
Yet until that pivotal moment in the 53rd minute, City had been holding their own and were trailing only 1-0, and De Bruyne retains full belief in manager Pep Guardiola’s tactics.
He said: “Obviously if you lose 4-0 it’s bad, but I think the way we want to play is the good way. Even a good team like Barcelona didn’t have it as easy as people thought.
“I think it’s the right way. We didn’t play badly. We could have scored goals, we had almost the same amount of possession and almost the same amount of goalscoring …
