Kevin De Bruyne explains his reaction to Man City substitution vs Bayern

Kevin De Bruyne is feeling ready to play every game for Manchester City as he explained his unhappiness at being taken off against Bayern Munich.

De Bruyne had appeared to suffer an injury shortly before his substitution but was clearly irked as he was replaced by Julian Alvarez, and Pep Guardiola confirmed afterwards that the change was tactical. The Belgian was fit enough to start against Leicester days later in the Premier League, and will hope to be in the XI for the second leg of their Champions League quarter in Munich.

Guardiola did not make too much of De Bruyne's unhappiness, but made the point that there are lots of players in the squad who could show frustration but had not. The playmaker admitted that it had just been in the heat of the moment as he felt he was able to carry on.

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“Basically yeah, it happens in the moment, I want to play every game and I feel good,” he said. “Last three years, I’ve had no injuries and been fit every game, so I feel really good. And that’s it.”City head to Germany with a 3-0 advantage from their first leg, although the manager is still warning that their opponents can turn it around. The Blues have been on the wrong end of some late reversals in recent years in the Champions League, and De Bruyne knows that they need to give the second leg everything they can. “It’s still a long way to go. It’s not like 50 mins to go and you might cover up a bit,” he said. “But it’s 95 minutes and a lot can happen. You’ve heard of crazy scores in many games so we’ll have to bring our 'A' game.

“I don’t think we speculate about keeping ahead, we just play the game we know how to play. We start again and we know it’s