Kevin De Bruyne has found out that Manchester City most effective skilled for 10 mins earlier than their derby win over Manchester United.
United suffered a humiliating defeat final weekend, with City dominating in a 2-zero win at Old Trafford.
An Eric Bailly very own aim and a Bernardo Silva strike sealed all three points for the Premier League champions, and De Bruyne has now claimed that City manager Pep Guardiola initially had no idea a way to prepare for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
"The day before a sport we normally teach tactically, based totally on how the opponent performs," the City midfielder told the MidMid podcast.
"But before United, Pep said: 'We don’t recognise how they're going to play. We shall see'. And we stopped training after 10 mins or so.
"Often Pep is aware of how the opponent is going to play. This time he didn’t realize, so he didn’t recognize what to do.
"We have carried out what we constantly do, but he didn’t understand in advance if they would play with five on the back, or with 4, or with a diamond within the center, or with 3 up the front."
Despite Guardiola's lack of making plans for the contest, he turned into nonetheless able to outfox Solskjaer at the touchline as City recorded 16 photographs to the hosts' 5, and infrequently appeared stricken on the lower back.
