Kevin De Bruyne: Man City midfielder 'out for a while' with hamstring injury

Kevin de Bruyne lasted lone 23 minutes successful the opening crippled of the caller season

Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne "will beryllium retired for a while" aft suffering a hamstring wounded against Burnley, says manager Pep Guardiola.

The Belgium planetary lasted 36 minutes of the Champions League last triumph implicit Inter Milan successful June.

"He was injured again unfortunately," Guardiola told BBC Match of the Day.

"It is the aforesaid spot and presumption arsenic the Champions League [final] and helium volition beryllium retired for a while."

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De Bruyne scored 10 goals and provided 31 assists arsenic City claimed the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup past season.

He said earlier this period helium had been playing done the symptom with a hamstring wounded for the last 2 months of the campaign.

The 32-year-old played for fractional an hr successful past weekend's Community Shield, but missed a punishment successful the shootout arsenic Arsenal lifted the trophy.

But helium broke down again astatine Burnley and was replaced by summertime signing Mateo Kovacic, who made his City debut.

"He recovered good [after going disconnected injured successful the Champions League final] but present we've mislaid him again," Guardiola told Sky Sports. "It's clip to reflect, to speech to the doctors astir what happened with him.

"He has to unbend and retrieve and travel back. He was feeling truly bully and playing truly bully successful the archetypal minutes, but unluckily present he's injured again."

When asked whether helium should person avoided taking a accidental connected starting De Bruyne astatine Turf Moor, Guardiola said: "Maybe. But what happened successful 15 minutes tin hap aft 60, 65 oregon 70 minutes erstwhile the fatigue comes."

Erling Haaland scored doubly and Rodri added a extremity successful the 2nd fractional arsenic the Clarets suffered a disappointing instrumentality to the apical flight.

Burnley brag Vincent Kompany added: "I anticipation helium is going to beryllium fine. What a subordinate helium is."

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