Kevin De Bruyne Salutes Manchester City’s Title Focus

Kevin de Bruyne says Manchester City’s focused approach is the key to the growth of leaders for the Premier League title. Pep Guardiola’s side beat Leicester 2–0 on Saturday and needed only three wins from their final seven matches to secure the third title in four seasons. Goals from Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus sent City 17 points to second-placed Manchester United, who face Brighton on Sunday.

City’s 15th successive win in all competitions was particularly impressive as it came against the in-form Leicester and came back from a groove at an international level with many of Guardiola’s players.

De Bruyne was delighted with the way the quadruple-chasing team quickly focused their attention on the title during the World Cup qualifier in action for Belgium.

“He played defensively and we had to be patient. That’s what we did and I was happy when Mendy’s deadlock ended,” Di Bruyne told Citi’s website.

“I thought we were really good today. We were completely dominating, especially in the first half. He had a chance with (Jamie) Verdi but there was basically a team playing in the first half.

“If you look at 90 minutes it was 2-0. I think we deserved more goals. After an international break, it has been really well done by the team.

“I came back after the game on Tuesday and trained on Thursday and half the team trained yesterday.

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“All we can do is relax, be ready for the game and the manager picks the players who have been here the longest.

“It’s always the right pick when you win the game. The team performed really well and I’m really pleased.”