Kevin De Bruyne is allegedly no good at football's 'simple things' but who cares when his mastery of the difficult stuff is powering Manchester City's Treble tilt.
Sometimes even the best footballers need a little chivvying along and Pep Guardiola's criticism of the Belgian last month has proved to be an act of genius.
Back on March 13, after De Bruyne had been demoted to the bench for three of City's last seven Premier League games, Guardiola said: 'What I'd like - I spoke many times to him - is to go to the easy principles and do it well.