De Bruyne surprised Burnley by slipping the ball through the defense from the free-kick instead of taking a shot at goal or delivering a cross, allowing Alvarez to score his second goal in City’s eventual 3-1 victory over Vincent Kompany’s former team.
“Yesterday, we worked on it (the set-piece) a bit,” De Bruyne explained to TNT Sports. “In the beginning, I didn’t really want to do it but then the guy who was with Julian moved to him a bit, so opened the space for Julian to go into. “I didn’t have to put it around, I just had to put it straight with the right speed, and then Julian does the rest. We practised this yesterday for Burnley but it can work against other teams. You can see Pep is delighted with the staff because if you pull it off, they are happy.”
Guardiola, ecstatic about the goal, dashed from his seat in the dugout to congratulate his assistant coaches Jack Wilson and Carles Vincens.
“Set-pieces are really important in modern football, we won in the FA Cup at Spurs with a corner and today the free-kick. It’s Carles and Jack, I’m not involved in set-pieces, they are better and I don’t have time. Kevin had to make the perfect pass and Julian had to make the movement and finish but someone had to say ‘we’re going to do this’ so all credit to Carles and Jack.” said the Manchester City
City, now five points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool with a game in hand, maintained their title chase following the win over Burnley. Their next match is against Brentford on Monday, a team that defeated them twice last season, including a 1-0 win on the final day.
Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne
This season he played in total 3 times for 115 minutes for Premier League.
Kevin De Bruyne scored 1 goal for Manchester City. He procured two assists. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.
His team is currently 2nd in Premier League. In the last match Manchester City won 3-1 against Burnley. The next match in Premier League will be against Brentford.
Manchester City performance and stats
Manchester City is currently 2nd in the Premier League with 46 points.
In the last 21 games, it has won 14 times, drawn 4 times, and lost 3 times. In its last match, Manchester City won 3-1 against Burnley.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 51 goals and conceding 24.
Manchester City will play the next match in Premier League against Brentford on Saturday 3rd of February in Brentford. The prediction is Manchester City winning the match.
Julián Álvarez
Julián Álvarez
This season he played in total 21 times for 1774 minutes for Premier League.
Julián Álvarez scored 8 goals for Manchester City. He procured 5 assists. He received 2 yellow cards and no red cards.
His team is currently 2nd in Premier League. In the last match Manchester City won 3-1 against Burnley. The next match in Premier League will be against Brentford.
Manchester City performance and stats
Manchester City is currently 2nd in the Premier League with 46 points.
In the last 21 games, it has won 14 times, drawn 4 times, and lost 3 times. In its last match, Manchester City won 3-1 against Burnley.
It has a positive goal difference after scoring 51 goals and conceding 24.
Manchester City will play the next match in Premier League against Brentford on Saturday 3rd of February in Brentford. The prediction is Manchester City winning the match.