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The Belgian international midfielder missed a lot of football in 2018-19, but his coach is eager to see him back to his best level.
Pep Guardiola admits that Manchester City is "stronger" with Kevin De Bruyne. The winners of the 2019 Treble hope to see an "incredible" talent avoid injury problems.
After playing for the Blues in 2017-18, the Belgian international midfielder underwent a test campaign last time.
De Bruyne has been limited to just 11 Premier League debuts and 31 appearances in all competitions, but the 28-year-old is now in top form and working on his precision in pre-season.
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He took part in an impressive 45-minute outing against the Wolves in the Premier League Asian Premier League final on Saturday, after Guardiola spoke of his value.
"He was on top," said the city boss.
"Unfortunately, we missed him a lot last season, we did incredibly well without him, but we're stronger with him.
"Last season, he had no holidays but he had more time to rest and he came back as he had done two seasons ago. he will be able to keep his level.
"He's incredibly positive in his spirit and his quality speaks for himself, he's had an incredible first period, really good.
"It's a guy who loves to play football.He's a huge competitor.What we want now is to be calm and not have any injuries." Today, that's Was another match and we finished without that. "
"Especially what happened last season with a lot of injuries, stay calm step by step, he never lost confidence in himself as a player, even with what happened last season, but for his physical condition, do not hurt yourself.
"It's the most important thing, the rest we know its quality, especially when it's positive in its spirit.It's amazing as a player, so I'm not going to discover its quality."
De Bruyne could not help City win another trophy during a fierce clash with the Wolves.
The Penalties proved to be the key to the Blues' defeat, Raheem Sterling having missed 12 yards in normal time before three more consecutive defeats in a shootout loss.
French defender Aymeric Laporte said his team, which enjoyed national dominance last season, still had some work to do, saying: "I think it's the pre-season that we have to continue to work to be ready for the season in the final [friendlies] and it's the most important.
"We have a good jump, but the result is not good, so we have to improve.
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"Football is sometimes like today and we have to improve for the next time, I do not know, the goalkeeper did a good job.
"I think in the first half, we were better, but we did not score, the most important thing is to score, we missed a penalty, it might be better for us, but that go.
"It's the pre-season that we need to improve and keep working."
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