Kevin De Bruyne delivers Real Madrid advice to Man City team-mates ahead of crunch clash Kevin De Bruyne warned Manchester City to take a measured approach to their Champions League moment of truth against Real Madrid, saying: “You don’t have to go crazy.”.
City face the European Cup holders at the Etihad on Tuesday night after needing the Belgian sorcerer’s late winner to scrape past Leyton Orient and reach the FA Cup fifth round.
But De Bruyne is calm about the repeat of last season’s quarter-final classic, where Real edged through on penalties - and says City have only themselves to blame for needing the play-off repechage after a poor campaign in the league phase.
De Bruyne, 33, has won 14 major honours with City, including six titles, and he added another feather to his plumage at Orient.
He is in much the same boat as Liverpool trio Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold at old title foes Liverpool, but he said: “There’s not a lot I can say because not a lot is happening.
