Kevin De Bruyne's blooming big Man City secret revealed after four-goal sensation
Kevin De Bruyne has revealed the blooming truth behind his blossoming as a two-footed Manchester City legend. The midfield ace stunned Wolves with a left-foot hat-trick in the Blues’ vital 5-1 win at Molineux on Wednesday night, before adding a fourth with his “stronger” right foot.
And that means 24 of his 86 goals for the club have come from his left peg, a quite stunning percentage. The benefit of being two-footed was perhaps illustrated by former City defender Andy Morrison’s tweet during the Wolves game, which was jokey but carried a serious point.
Nineties cult hero Morrison tweeted: “Wolves dressing room HT. ‘Gaffer, did you say show him onto his left’.”
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The Wolves' defence probably did all they could to prevent De Bruyne’s hat-trick goal, forcing him inside and ensuring any shot would have to be from his left foot. The only problem was that de Bruyne had already bagged two with his left, and he let fly with as sweet a strike as you will see, the ball fizzing beautifully into the far corner.
And De Bruyne later spoke about how the havoc his potent right foot was wreaking in his pal’s dad’s flower beds had forced him to develop a stronger “standing” foot. He said: “When I was young and playing football with my friends in the garden, I had two goals and I could shoot with my right foot.
“But when I went to friends I wasn’t allowed to shoot with my right because I was killing all the flowers! They told me to shoot with my left and I was really young, so I think I practised it a lot and it became more natural to shoot with either. That obviously helps me a lot right now.”
De Bruyne is one of the best strikers of a ball in world football, with either foot, and he