Back to the Chelsea Newsfeed

Pep Guardiola vows to push Kevin De Bruyne 'out of his comfort zone' because the Belgian can be even BETTER after his stunner squashed Chelsea's title hopes

Pep Guardiola has said that Kevin De Bruyne can reach a higher level of performance.

De Bruyne’s exquisite goal saw off Chelsea and Guardiola said that nothing he had achieved in six years at City would have been possible without the Belgian.

But he also said that the performance of the 30-year-old, who had been struggling to hit the levels he attained last year, was still ‘not his best’.

Kevin De Bruyne scored the winner as Man City stormed further clear atop the Premier League

Kevin De Bruyne scored the winner as Man City stormed further clear atop the Premier League

The midfielder blasted from outside the box to all-but extinguish Chelsea's hopes of a title

The midfielder blasted from outside the box to all-but extinguish Chelsea's hopes of a title

Guardiola said: ‘My job as a manager is to demand more.