admin Kevin De Bruyne has revealed that he spent the last two months of the season playing with a partial hamstring tear.
The Belgian international midfielder came off in the 36th minute of Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final, replacing Phil Foden. Man City won the match thanks to the only goal from Champions League Player of the Season Rodri.
De Bruyne has revealed the extent of his injury which forced him to be substituted early on Saturday. After months of suffering with a “minor tear” in his thigh muscle, he suffered a complete muscle tear in the final.
“For two months after FC Bayern Munich played away, we had problems,” he told the media. “They were all small breaks, but today I completely ripped them apart and couldn’t move on.”
“For two months people have been telling me that I could be in danger, but please accept it. I try to contribute to the team and with my type of player, I’m doing my best. I know that I can put my body at risk depending on the type and intensity I play in. But that’s okay.I’ll do whatever it takes to win a match.And sometimes it’s hard. I have.
It was the second consecutive Champions League final that De Bruyne had been knocked out by injury (he suffered a facial injury in the 2020 final), but this time City had enough to win anyway. had. .
Saturday’s victory means De Bruyne and Man City have completed a historic treble, becoming just the second team in English football history to win the Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League in the same season.
