Knee problems have restricted last season’s title hero to just a handful of appearances this term, but he is hopeful that the worst is now behind him <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne has opened up about his ongoing battle with injury, admitting he still has not reached his peak in 2018-19.<\/p>\n
De Bruyne, 27, is widely considered as one of the world’s premier midfielders.<\/p>\n
He arrived at City in 2015 and has gone on to make over 100 appearances, and was integral to his team’s march to the Premier League title in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The current season, however, has seen De Bruyne restricted to just three Premier League starts as a succession of knee injuries have disrupted his campaign.<\/p>\n
And the Belgian recognises that problems in his joint continue to chip away at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am doing well. I am happy to be fit. It\u2019s been a long six months for me, but I\u2019m happy that now I can play football,” he explained to reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I feel good, sometimes I feel a little bit worse or I need a day more to recover. But I try every day to be at the best level I can be, and sometimes people have to give me a little bit of slack after the amount of time I have been away.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always want to be better. But sometimes my body just says \u2018no\u2019 and I have to take that in my stride.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t feel anything in my knee now, but we play so many games sometimes I feel better and sometimes a little bit less. You just feel that in the game and it\u2019s normal.”<\/p>\n