Gary Neville slams Kevin De Bruyne for 'trying to con the referee' in Man City's clash with Leicester - as he insists the midfielder 'should have been booked' after going down in the penalty area
Gary Neville slams Kevin De Bruyne for 'trying to con the referee' in Man City's clash with Leicester - as he insists the midfielder 'should have been booked' after going down in the penalty area
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Gary Neville insisted Kevin De Bruyne should have been booked for diving as the Manchester City star tried to win a penalty against Leicester. City were trying to turn around their dire run of form at the King Power stadium, which has seen them slip to seventh in the Premier League table in what has turned out to be a disastrous title defence.
They took the lead early through Savinho's first league goal for the champions, after Foxes back-up goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk had parried Phil Foden's effort straight to the winger. And they had a shout for the chance to add another to their tally on the half-hour mark when De Bruyne hit the deck under a challenge from Jannik Vestergaard - though replays showed he went down a little too easily and Michael Oliver waved away appeals.
'He went down too easily,' Neville began. 'You can tell, it was awkward the way he fell. 'You can see he dived from up here. He probably should be booked really, he has tired to con the referee. But I wasn't fully against one of my team-mates diving though, so I'll just...'.
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