Cannot be possible that Kevin de Bruyne remains in Manchester City

Pep Guardiola admitted that it would be “almost impossible” to replace Kevin De Bruyne, but said it “couldn’t be possible” that Belgian remained in Manchester City next season.

De Bruyne played his penultimate game tonight in the city shirt at Etihad Stadium and scored the only goal To get Guardiola’s side a victory over the wolves who moved them to third place in the table and strengthened their request for the Champions League location.

Belgian was named the match man and again looked like he had a lot in the tank despite The city decision not to offer him a new contract, unfortunately for the players.

De Bruyne Must go – Guardiola

Asked if there is a chance to stay out of the end of the season, Guardiola told Sky Sports, “I want the best for Kevin, but that can’t be possible.

“We’ve been doing that for many years with him. He was an amazing player, but the situation is as it is.”

Asked how he would try to replace someone who has been so crucial in many city successes in recent years, Guardiola added: “It is almost impossible to replace such a player, these are not just performances, but what he means on the hearts of our fans.

“The success we had belongs to certain players and he is one of them.

“His contribution to the game against Crystal Palace when we were 2-0 down, and he brought the goal again today. I am happy to end it and we have another game in Etihad.”

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The victory sees the City Leapfrog Newcastle, and the top-five finish is now lying in their hands.

“As for the reach there (the Champions League), the result was good,” Guardiola said. “Focus on the next nine points and if we make nine, then we will be there.”

Wolves push the city by the end

It was far from a pleasant evening, however, with wolves in shape, causing a home side several problems with Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha who hit a wooden structure.

It was the first defeat in eight games for men Vitor Pereira, and Guardiola was impressed.

He said, “They are an extraordinary team. The shape, the quality they play, physicality, tempo, a truly amazing team.

“We fought, we suffered a lot from the chances that they were. We were lucky as we were in a way that we were not this season. We were better after the goal and did a good thing.

Proud pereira

Pereira had no problem showing her team.

“In the end, that’s football,” he said about the defeat. “I am very proud of my team. I said we can lose the game, but we cannot lose identity, courage, ambition, dedication and spirit of our team.

“Today we showed it all in our team. We were just missing the result.”