Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City laboured to a 0-0 draw on Saturday where they looked bereft of a player able to force open Southampton's well-organised defence.
Despite the best efforts of Jack Grealish, City lacked the cutting edge in the final third that fans at the Etihad have become accustomed to seeing under Pep Guardiola.
Though one man was largely missing: Kevin De Bruyne, the best midfielder and chance-creator in world football. Though De Bruyne's influence shows no signs of wavering — I'd argue that since the departures of Sergio Aguero and David Silva, it is the highest it has been — the Belgian has found himself on the sidelines ever
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