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Manchester City gave Kevin de Bruyne an affectionate farewell in a vital 3-1 victory over Bournemouth Tuesday to increase their champions League football chances next season.
Omar Marmoush’s goals, Bernardo Silva and Nico Gonzalez raised the city in third place in the Premier League at the top of the last round of Sunday games.
Mateo Kovacic’s red card 20 minutes could have given Bournemouth Hope, but Lewis Cook was also expelled a few minutes later for a lunge on Gonzalez.
There was a further cause of celebration for City late when the Ballon d’Or Rodri winner made his first appearance since September as a substitute after suffering a serious knee injury.
City’s victory means a point where they travel to Fulham on the last day will be enough to obtain a goal between the first five thanks to their difference in elementary means much higher than that of the Aston Villa of sixth place.
Just three days after the disappointment of losing the final of the England Cup in Crystal Palace, City had to get up in an emotional night at the Ethihad in the last game of De Bruyne’s home.
At the beginning of the day, City had revealed a mosaic and had appointed a road in the club’s training field after the Belgian.
De Bruyne, who won six prime minister league titles and the Champions League during his decade in Manchester, was welcomed by a huge banner reading “King Kev” while led the teams.
De Bruyne said: “I want to bring people to people, play offensive football, be creative, this is what I am on the field and I want to have fun.
“I think we had a lot of fun over the age of 10.”
