Football news - Pep Guardiola hopeful for Kevin De Bruyne's quick return
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ByEurosport
Updated 02/11/2018 at 08:40 GMT
Pep Guardiola is hopeful that Kevin De Bruyne will be back in action soon after the midfielder hobbled off injured at the Etihad Stadium in the 2-0 Carabao Cup win against Fulham.
Kevin De Bruyne
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Spain Under-21 midfielder Brahim Diaz scored his first senior goal for the club after 18 minutes and added his second in the 65th to secure a place in the next round away to Leicester City or Southampton, who play their rescheduled tie on November 27.
The one worrying note for City, who made 10 changes from Monday's Premier League win at Tottenham Hotspur, was the injury to De Bruyne who had to come off late on nursing his left knee after tangling with Fulham's Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
The Belgian, who has only just returned from an injury to his right knee, got caught up with Fosu-Mensah near the corner flag in the 86th minute and the Fulham defender fell heavily on the Belgian international who tried to carry on but had to go off.
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Fulham's Jean Michael Seri in action with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne
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"He has been checked in with the doctor. I don't know if it's nothing or something serious," Guardiola said of De Bruyne, who suffered a knee ligament injury in training in August.
"I think today Kevin is back. The Kevin we know," he added of the midfielder who started last week's Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk and came on at Tottenham.
"He made a huge effort against Shakhtar, played a few minutes against Spurs in difficult conditions.
"Today he was involved in offence and defence, hopefully what happened in the last minute is not serious."
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