This entire season has been quite horrific for Manchester City, with those 115 chargess of alleged breaching FFP rules standing above them all the time. However, after Saturday’s 5-1 brutal home win over West Ham, things seem at least a bit brighter for the Cityzens, not just because of that battering. Man City’s legend, Kevin De Bruyne, has recorded his 115th EPL assist for the team in his 273rd appearance for the Skyblues.He’s now in the second place on the list of All-Time Assists in Premier League history behind Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs with 162 assists (in 632 appearances, though), and above legends of the games such as Cesc Fabregas (111), Wayne Rooney (103), Frank Lampard (102) and Dennis Bergkamp (94).📊 Most Assists in PL (All Time):1. Ryan Giggs – 1622. Kevin De Bruyne -1153. Cesc Fàbregas – 1114. Wayne Rooney – 1035. Frank Lampard – 1026. Dennis Bergkamp – 947. David Silva – 938. Steven Gerrard – 929. James Milner – 8910. Mohamed Salah – 82Phil Foden scores his… pic.twitter.com/5eNPl17SHN— Premiumerza (@PREMIUMERZA) January 4, 2025 Interestingly, KDB also had more assists than any other player after 100 (43) and 150 (63) appearances in the competition, which were the milestones he reached in May 2018 and July 2020.Still, he was left bemused by the Etihad crowd’s reaction when Niclas Fullkrug pulled one back for West Ham yesterday with 20 minutes to play.”I don’t know why [the crowd were nervous],” De Bruyne told Sky Sports. “I can understand that we are not up to the level, but they should support us because the effort is there, and we are still winning 4-1.”I don’t understand what is happening. The team gave maximum effort. The level has to be higher, but we understand that.”City hammer the Hammers as Haaland scores a braceAnd while De Bruyne did not claim that City were back to their best, he believes this was one small effort towards the desired goal.”It is a little step,” said De Bruyne. “We understand a bit more what we have done in the last ten years and how hard it is. At the moment we are a bit below that.”We are working really hard and the team is coming back fitness wise. There were moments we played well, other moments less. It’s a bit of an improvement, but we understand it still has to be better.”You don’t put yourself down too much. We have not been at this level this year. Everybody said, ‘City are winning all the time, it must be easy.’ It is not.##NAJAVA_MECA_8609912##”We know it has been a tough season, but I think today was an improvement from the last game. Physically, we are starting to get better, so with playing games and winning we hopefully get some confidence, and it will get better,” De Bruyne added to BBC Match of the Day.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 20Saturday Tottenham – Newcastle 1-2 (1-2)/Solanke 4 – Gordon 6, Isak 38/Aston Villa – Leicester 2-1 (0-0)/Barkley 58, Bailey 76 – Mavididi 63/Bournemouth – Everton 1-0 (0-0)/Brooks 77/Crystal Palace – Chelsea 1-1 (0-1)/Mateta 82 – Cole 14/Man.City – West Ham 4-1 (2-0)/Coufal (og) 10, Haaland 42, 55, Foden 58 – Fullkrug 71/Southampton – Brentford 0-5 (0-1)/Chade 6, Mbuemo 62, 69, Wissa 90+2, Lewis Potter 90+5/Brighton – Arsenal 1-1 (0-1)/Pedro (p) 61 – Nwaneri 16/Sunday 17.00: (1.57) Fulham (4.00) Ipswich (6.00)19.30: (1.33) Liverpool (5.50) Man.Utd. (8.50)Monday23.00: (3.20) Wolverhampton (3.30) Nott.Forest (2.30)***odds are subject to change***
