Joe Hart allayed fears he had returned from a calf injury too soon with a crucial save from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s penalty. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
De Bruyne shows City what they were missing
City used to count on Yaya Touré for big goals in big games. Yet his absence offered them a tantalising glimpse of the future under Pep Guardiola, who sold Touré when he was at Barcelona. With the Ivorian unavailable, De Bruyne was used in the No10 role behind Agüero and he was prominently involved in most of City’s best moments in attack, passing intelligently, dropping into space between the lines and opening the scoring with a wicked shot shortly before the interval. Paris Saint‑Germain struggled to pin the Belgian down and Guardiola will know that he can count on him at the highest level. The 24-year-old’s goal brought home just how much City missed him while he was recovering from the injury he suffered in January.
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