Without Kevin de Bruyne in the team, Haaland's performance on the pitch suffers. He makes a difference with his high performance and contributes to his teammates on the pitch. He is a very valuable player for Manchester City. Undoubtedly, his absence is felt a lot in the team. However, Manchester City and Pep Guardiola should have planned this. They should have brought in a good substitute who could be an alternative to Kevin de Bruyne. However, it seems that Manchester City and Pep Guardiola have not made any preparations in this regard. I think they should have calculated this before.
To be honest, I previously thought that KDB's absence wouldn't have too much effect on the way they attacked because I saw that they had an even squad. But after I saw the matches they played after playing without KDB, it was undeniable that it had a big effect. Even a Haaland who used to be a ferocious predator has gone downhill now. There is still a gap from their main players and second-tier players that is their current weakness. Pep must also be aware of this, and he must prepare more now, because it really affects the results of their matches.
Well Guordiola thinks he had the solution to team in the absence of the injured Kevin de Bruyne unfortunately non of the players who played that role hasn't live up to expectations, Foden who played the role hasn't make any impact, Silva and Kovacic couldn't make any difference likewise, therefore the way forward for Man City means the team would just have to cope with the absence of Kevin de Bruyne and it's very obvious the team has been struggling at their attack due to non clear cutting assist and passes to Haaland for him to score, now with look of things Man City would struggle to defend their league title this season.
Now they must start thinking about bringing in players in that crucial position, this is a valuable lesson for them and they must respond quickly.
I heard their interest in signing Tony Kroos, but I think it would be better if they recruit and target plyers younger than Tony Kroos. I don't doubt Tony Kroos' ability at all, he's a genius as a midfielder, but I'm more concerned about the regeneration that Manchester City need to do.
Halaand is like missing a sniper who can aim accurately.
Yes it's true indeed, the impact caused by Kevin de Bruyne injury had a negative impact on Manchester City attack line. Therefore, at least there is nothing that can be hidden for Manchester City, because in fact so far Manchester City has had a high dependence on Kevin de Bruyne in midfield. With the bad results that have occurred at this moment, of course Pep Guardiolan will be required to succeed in providing good performance and results, without Kevin de Bruyne. So yes, at least it will be a difficult job for Pep Guardiola at this moment to be able to recover Manchester City quickly .
Once we didn't see Manachester City having a gap, it was finally exposed after KDB couldn't play. It's an unpredictable situation and I think Pep also didn't expect it before, that KDB's role is indeed very important. In fact, the player who was placed to replace him also could not show the game like KDB showed when he took that role.
This is football, sometimes things that are not expected beforehand are a weakness for a very strong club. It may seem that they are evenly matched, but in reality losing 1 main player can change the situation.
