04/05/2025

SPORTS 14 ON SUNDAY MAY 4, 2025

De Bruyne makes his point Match winning display by unwanted star sinks Wolves

PEP GUARDIOLA insisted Kevin De Bruyne has nothing to prove to anyone as the out going Manchester City star continued his fine run of form with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Wolves. De Bruyne is due to leave the Etihad this

summer following a decade at the club after City bosses decided not to offer the 33-year-old a new contract. Since the news was announced De Bruyne has put in some eye-catching performances, and did so again to settle a tight contest against in-form Wolves, who hit the post through both Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait Nouri. After the game De Bruyne told Sky Sports his performances over the past month have “shown I can still play”, but it will be for somebody else next season. This was De Bruyne’s penultimate home game for City, only the fixture against Bournemouth on May 20 remains, but he was able to celebrate with fans at the end. “(It’s) really good,”

titles and numbers, contributions in terms of affection and love and pas sion for all of us one decade here, helping us to win absolutely every thing. And still is here. “He doesn’t have to prove any thing, I know his quality and his level. That’s all.” Victory was City’s fifth in a row in all competitions – fourth in the League – and moves them up to third, four points clear of Nottingham Forest in the battle for a top-five slot. They are only three points behind second-placed Arsenal, who have a game in hand but must yet travel to Anfield. However, Guardiola insisted the Gunners are not in his sights. “That is not the target,” he said. “(The target) is to qualify for the Champions League, and the FA Cup final.” Wolves saw a six

until the last minute we tried to score. “Of course there are some moments where we need to defend because we faced a very strong team but in the end I’m very happy, I’m very proud of my team, very proud of my players and very proud of the supporters. “It’s just the result that was not what we want. “Next time I will ask before the game to move the post out, and then we will score at least two goals.” – The Independent

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Guardiola said. “Against Crystal Palace at 2-0 down his goal gave us the momentum to come back. I’m sure it’s not easy for him but his con tribution has been mas sive, important.” Asked if De Bruyne is irreplaceable, the City boss added: “There are players like Sergio (Aguero), like Kevin, like Vinny (Vincent Kompany) who are in the heart of the people. “Not just

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game winning run in the League come to an end, but they were still enthusiastically applauded by the trav elling fans after a bat tling performance. Boss Vitor Pereira said: “It was a very good game, tactically, techni cally. I saw in my team the spirit that I want to see, the mentality to compete and

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Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after the match. – REUTERSPIC

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Pep to take a break after City PEP GUARDIOLA has said he will take a break from football when he leaves Manchester City – but he is yet to decide when that might be. Guardiola signed a new deal at the Etihad Stadium in November, tying himself to the club for two more seasons, which would take his total time at the club to 11 years. saying: “I don’t know if I’m going to retire, but I’m going to take a break.” Contemplating his trophy-laden coaching legacy, which also encom passes spells at the top of Spanish and German football, the Catalonian added that he was confident sup porters of the clubs he had managed had enjoyed watching his sides play. “In the careers of coaches, there are good and bad ones, the impor tant thing is that the good ones are remembered for longer,” he added. “There are new challenges as a coach, I don’t know what will happen in the future and in the end that doesn’t matter.”

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In an interview with ESPN Brasil , the 54-year-old appeared to indicate he would leave City at the end of that deal, but later told Sky Sports he said he does not yet know when his time in Manchester might end. But Guardiola, who took a year out after leaving Barcelona and before taking charge of Bayern Munich in 2013, said he was not plan ning to retire after leaving City. “I didn’t say I’m leaving now, or the end of season or the end of contract, I said when I finish my time here, be it one, two, three, four, five years I will take a break,” Guardiola told Sky Sports before yetserday’s match against Wolves. “I won’t retire but I will take a break. What I am saying is when I am finished here I will take a break.” In the earlier interview with ESPN , Guardiola had seemed less certain,

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City have been off the pace this season, sitting 18 points behind Premier League champions Liverpool and scrambling to stay in the Champions League places, but Guardiola claims he has picked up valuable lessons along the way. “It has been a year of great learn ing for me personally,” he said. “I knew there would be a moment when we would fall, but we fell a lot. “Now we have to sit down and learn to try to understand what we need to produce in the future.” – The Independent

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