Kevin De Bruyne: Man City taking Carabao Cup final seriously – Sky Sports, Skysports.com
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Kevin De Bruyne is eyeing more trophies in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday
Ahead of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, live on
Sky Sports , Kevin De Bruyne reveals how Manchester City are approaching the game.
Pep Guardiola’s side have won the competition in the last two seasons, and are aiming for a third successive title when they take on Aston Villa at Wembley this weekend.
Laura Woods: “This club takes every competition seriously. It doesn’t matter what competition we play, we play to win it and we’ve shown that whoever you’re playing in this competition, new players and maybe players who play a little less, are there to win the game. The guys have stepped up and done the job brilliantly. Props to having a really good team of 035 players.
“It is the first trophy you can win and it is a trophy. I know people say it’s the smallest competition but at least if you don’t win anything else, you’ve won something. There are a lot of players who play a lot of games in their career and haven ‘t won one competition, even the Carabao Cup. [to be the full-time Man City captain]
Man City have won the Carabao Cup for the last two seasons
“You have to respect every competition because we play in big games and sometimes against teams from the lower leagues but even then, we show the dedication to do what we need to do as professionals and show that we ‘ ll do everything to win this cup.
“The beginning is going to be very tight. I don’t think they’re going to open up a lot and play the game we want to play but I think they played with five at the back and three midfielders last time and we started the game off really well.
I think after minutes, it was 3-0 [Man City beat Aston Villa 6-1 in the Premier League earlier this season] so you know they have to open up the game and then it becomes easier for us to play through them. They will hope to keep it tight, maybe get a goal here and there, but I don’t think it’s going to be an open game in the beginning. ” ‘It feels like the first season under Pep’
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(Future Ballon d’Or winner?)
Kevin De Bruyne is regularly regarded as one of the Premier League’s best players
De Bruyne is regularly touted as one of the best players in the Premier League and has been challenged by Pep Guardiola to become one of the best five players in the world.
does he think he’s there ?
“Probably not too far,” De Bruyne thinks. “But who am I to decide that? I just try to be the best I can be. I’ve been playing well over the last few years and even last season, I had a lot of injuries but the times that I was on the pitch, I was doing OK. Even in Germany, I had good years and I felt happy, but who decides that [the best footballers], I don’t know, but I think I’m pretty close.
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It helps [being nominated for the Ballon d’Or], but first and foremost is team performance. I know if the team performs well and I perform with them, I will get the accolades. Over the last few years, I’ve been in contention for the top 039 in the world and it feels good because you work very hard in your profession and to be acknowledged as being really good at what you do is always nice to hear.
“It gives me the motivation to stay there and be on top for as long as I can because [playing] football is for a short period of time and I just want to be the best version of what I can be. What that is, I don’t know, but every year is different and this year went really well for me .
I think I’m more of a complete footballer than I was a few years ago. I’ve had some good years in my career but I think either side of the ball, mentally, leading a team, I’m better now than I was two or three years ago. I think I’m doing really well and I feel comfortable and happy with the way I’m performing. ” Taking the captain’s armband
Kevin de Bruyne feels he is more like David Silva as a captain than former skipper Vincent Kompany
De Bruyne has stepped into the captain’s role a few times this season with Vincent Kompany leaving in the summer and in the absence of David Silva and Fernandinho.
The Belgium international had enjoyed taking on more responsibility and would accept the full-time role if it was offered. He said: ” I think I’m a little bit more like David [Silva]. I don’t know how Vinny [Kompany] was seven or eight years ago when he took the armband and there is a lot of stuff you need to do sometimes as a captain. You also grow into that role but I’ve always been the player who has tried to set an example on the pitch. I’m not somebody who talks all the time but if something needs to be said, I will say it for the benefit of the team or when I think it’s the right moment.
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