Emotional Kevin De Bruyne reveals Man City title win was his best yet

Kevin De Bruyne says his fourth Premier League title was the best of the lot after an incredible last-day fightback that “scrambled” his head. The Belgium midfielder helped to complete the astonishing revival from 2-0 down with a driving run and cross for Illkay Gundogan to net his second goal and secure a 3-2 which saw the Blues pip Liverpool by a point.

And, like everyone else inside the Etihad Stadium and watching on TV around the world, De Bruyne could not quite comprehend what had just taken place, after City’s fourth title in five years appeared to be going down the pan following goals from Matty Cash and Philippe Coutinho.

Interviewed in the aftermath, De Bruyne said: “I just said to Fernandinho inside, my head is scrambled! It is one of these games that are nervous, they scored two chances and after then it is just all-out attack.

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“We had a lot of chances in the second half and I think Oleksandr (Zinchenko) and Ilkay (Gundogan) made the difference. They came on and brought a different intensity. They deserved it and they won the match for us.

“It obviously changes everything. I think when we scored to make it 2-1, you could see that there were still 20 or 15 minutes to go and we quickly scored the second one. I don’t think Aston Villa knew what was coming and we were just attacking and attacking.

“I don’t even know, after the last goal, we just kept the ball somewhere, it doesn’t matter. Keep it as far as possible from our goal and that is fine!”

De Bruyne began the season still getting himself in shape after a difficult end to the previous season, when the disappointment of Champions League final defeat by Chelsea was compounded by spending the