"I do not care about the stadium": Kevin De Bruyne declares that the Spurs have no advantage | Soccer

Kevin De Bruyne rejected suggestions that the new Tottenham stadium could affect the result of the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City.

The Spurs will face City on Tuesday in their second game against 62,000 spectators after beating Crystal Palace 2-0 last week. Would this be an additional incentive for Mauricio Pochettino's team? Could this affect the atmosphere?

"I do not care about the stadium," said De Bruyne. "I care about the team we play. Everyone is talking about the stadium as if it was something special. Everyone has a stadium. Everyone has supporters. They will be ready for that. They will probably be a bit more excited, but in the end it's a stadium with fans. If they go to Wembley with 80,000 people or 62,000, it will be the same. It will be a tough match, but I think everything will be fine. "

De Bruyne and his teammates in the city have clearly focused on the Tottenham match after securing a place in the FA Cup final by beating Brighton and maintaining a four-pronged honors hunt. De Bruyne explained that as soon as they returned to the Wembley locker room, attention turned to the next step in this ambitious campaign.

"We have to focus on Tuesday," he said. "Most players have already received a mbadage to be ready. We know that the Spurs have rested and we are trying to be ready. We must take all possible hours. This Manchester City machine is doing everything possible to stay tuned. "Every game from now until the end will be like that. In 80 or 90% of cases, we will have fewer days of rest. "

The Belgian who speaks well and who thinks well, thinks that it is useless to think of the quadruple. "You know how busy the calendar is? I think people underestimate the speed with which matches are played. You can not think of it. We do not even have time to rest ourselves, so how can we think about what will happen in four weeks? We will just play on Tuesday and hopefully play a good game. "

City remains in London to minimize disruption at this crucial time of the season. Any details that may affect the physical fitness of players, their rest and their recovery after matches are taken into account. "If you follow us every day and you attend every game, then I think you can enjoy it a bit because you know all the moves and the preparations," said De Bruyne. "That's what we do, what we like to do and hopefully we can play every game until the end of the year because that means we're in all the finals."

Their 22-game winning streak in 23 games brings an inherent confidence. "It's not bad," De Bruyne told himself. "We have to continue because in the end, if we do not get there, you will stay here and say we have failed."

According to him, there is no comparison and nothing to be gained from last season's Champions League draw against Liverpool, when the City was beaten in the first leg and never recovered. "A different team, a different year, different players. Last year, we had a good season. We did not go past the quarter-finals and that's it.

Although City has not been at its most flamboyant in a very professional match against Brighton, they know they have more gear and more options to use against Tottenham. "You can not play 70 games at your highest level," said De Bruyne. "We are always disciplined. I do not know why people would say that, defensively, we are not disciplined. On the defensive side, we are doing well, but as we play more offensively than other teams, people are looking at it. I think our form is still there, our pressure is still there, so it's done right. "

De Bruyne provided decisive help from Gabriel Jesus' head in the opening minutes of the game against Brighton. This gives an idea of ​​how he thinks the match by making sure to throw the ball in a specific trajectory. "It's no use playing that high ball because they're probably three feet taller than everyone else," he said.

Pep Guardiola will evaluate the skills of Sergio Agüero and Kyle Walker to give them the best chance to help the team at the right time in this intense trophy hunt.