Guardiola: De Bruyne can raise his current level

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola described Kevin De Bruyne's 3-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday as "very special" but suggested the Belgium international could still do better too. .

And thanks to the double of Norwegian Erling Haaland, City led 2-0, but Leandro Trossard reduced the difference for the visitors, and then De Bruyne sealed the victory with a superb goal with a perfect shot from outside the penalty area after that.

This was De Bruyne's second goal in the league this season, as well as creating nine scoring opportunities, but coach Guardiola confirmed that De Bruyne, 31, can provide more.

"Kevin can do better," the veteran Spanish coach told reporters. "He's not doing his best yet. He scored a great goal but he didn't do his best, and he knows it."

Guardiola indicated that De Bruyne's goal saved his team from anxiety before the end of the match, while the visitors tried to equalize.

The coach added, "The goal is special, thanks to him, we did not suffer in the last 15-20 minutes when the match became more open. Brighton are performing excellently. The players felt the difficulty of the situation in the second half. The turning point was in the second half when Riyad Mahrez got A chance and he usually doesn't miss chances, but this happened this time because it's football. After a minute, he scored a goal.

He continued, "In this situation, the situation is difficult against a strong team.

At this moment, the opposing team was better and Kevin did a very good job and then we won the match.” City are second in the English Premier League with 26 points from 11 games, one point behind the leaders Arsenal, who played 10 games.

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