KDB: I knew we’d be four-midable
KEVIN DE BRUYNE set his sights on winning the Quadruple – on the first day of the season. The Manchester City midfielder insists he began aiming for perfection in September after admitting that he still thinks about the Blues’ near miss with immortality two seasons ago. Pep Guardiola’s men landed an unprecedented domestic Treble in
2019 – after being knocked out of the Champions League by Tottenham.
Now they are on the brink of a third title in four seasons, are through to the Carabao Cup final and the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and have built up a 2-0 lead over Borussia Monchengladbach as they look to reach the last eight in Europe.
And while boss Guardiola has played down the prospect of landing all four titles, De Bruyne,
29, said: “When you start the season and people ask me what I want to win, I want to win everything.
“You start the Premier League or cup competitions and we never go into a game thinking we want to lose. “So in that way you want to win everything. But it is really hard.
“We were not far away two years ago, when we won three out of four, games in succession in all competitions – smashing an English record.
De Bruyne (below) added: “We have probably surprised ourselves, but we never talk about the amount of games we have won.
“You play every two or three days so it has been such a crazy schedule and you don’t get the time to look back.
“You only know now when people start talking about the amount of games you have won.
“We just look at Sunday, City v United, and see it as a one-off and not as game 22 or whatever it is. It is not really important.”