It may not be possible for Bruyne’s Kevin to stay in Manchester City

Pep Guardiola admitted that it would be “almost impossible” to replace Kevin de Bruyne, but said that “it cannot be possible” for the Belgian to remain at Manchester City next season.

De Bruyne played his penultimate game in a city shirt at Etihad Stadium tonight and scored the only goal To give Guardiola a victory over the wolves that transferred them to the third part of the table and strengthened their claim for a place in the Champions League.

The Belgian was named party man and seemed to have a lot in the tank, though The city’s decision not to offer a new contract, much for the player’s dismay.

Of Bruyne has to go – Guardiola

Asked if there was any chance that he could be beyond the end of the season, Guardiola said to Sky Sports: “I want the best for Kevin, but it cannot be possible.

“We have done it for many, many years with him. He has been an incredible player, but the situation is what he is.”

Asked how I would try to replace someone who has been so fundamental in the many hits of the city in recent years, Guardiola added: “It is almost impossible to replace this type of player, not only the performances, but what it means to the heart of our fans.

“The success we have had belongs to specific players and is one of them.

“His contribution in the match against Crystal Palace when we were 2-0 and he is delivered and today the goal again. I am happy that he is finishing like this and that we have one more game in the Etihad.”

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The victory sees that the city jumps Newcastle and an end of the first five places is now in its own hands.

“In terms of arriving (the Champions League places), the result was good,” said Guardiola. “Focus -you are in the next nine points and if we make the nine, we will be there.”

Wolves push the city all the way

However, it was far from a comfortable evening, with the wolves that caused the house to various problems with Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha who struck the carpentry.

It was a first defeat in eight games for the men and Guardiola de Vitor Pereira.

He said: “They are an extraordinary team. The form, the quality they play, the physical, the rhythm, a really incredible team.

“We struggled, we suffered a lot with the possibilities they had. We were lucky as we were somehow not this season. We were better after the goal and we did the simple things. The result is massively important.”

Pride Pereira

Pereira did not have any presentation with the screen of his team.

“In the end, this is football,” he said about defeat. “I am very proud of my team. I said we can lose a game, but we cannot lose our identity, our courage, our ambition, our commitment and our team spirit.

“Today we have shown everything to our team. We lacked the result.”