DE BRUYNE: WE WILL NOT STAY UNBEATEN

KEVIN De Bruyne f eels Manchester City will not be able to sustain their unbeaten Premier League record for the rest of the season and emulate Arsenal’s “Invincibles”.

Table-toppers City have won 10 of their 11 league games this season, drawn the other, and scored 38 goals along the way.

In 2003-04, Arsenal famously went unbeaten for all 38 matches as t hey claimed the title.

City manager Pep Guardiola earlier this month said his side will not match that feat, and that has been echoed by De Bruyne, who said: “I don’t think that will be possible because I think you have so many games and too many i mportant games.

“The power of the Premier League means every team has a lot of money and a lot of quality players, so I think one day or another you will face a team who find a system to beat you, or they have a better day.”

Belgium playmaker De Bruyne has been in superb form this term, and l ast week his national team boss Roberto Martinez expressed his belief the 26-year-old has the potential to reach the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

De Bruyne is not keen on such talk.

“I don’t care. I really don’t care,” he said.

“People compare t oo many players with each other, you have too many good players in the world. In the end, I will only win individual awards if I win something with City.”