5 things we've learned about Manchester City so far this season

#3 David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne are in a league of their own

City have two magicians in the form of David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne

Creativity is a fundamental aspect of any playmaker’s game and while there are some players who fulfil this requirement sufficiently, there are some others who raise the bar to a whole new level altogether, so much so, they can safely be considered as artists on the football pitch. And Guardiola’s men have two of the best in the business in the form of David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne. But the duo couldn’t have had more contrasting journeys to being the creative mainstays that they are now.

On one hand, while Silva has seldom put a foot wrong since joining the Citizens from Valencia in 2008 and has quite often single-handedly engineered a lot of City’s recent success, on the other hand, De Bruyne was initially deemed to be not good enough for Chelsea and therefore sold to VfL Wolfsburg for a meagre €15 million in 2014.

But to his credit, not only did the Belgian redefined himself in Germany, he soon transformed himself into one of the best playmakers in the world.

And City were the beneficiaries of De Bruyne’s resurgence as they snapped up the former Chelsea man for an eye-popping €75 million two years back. But more importantly, ever since his return to the English top flight with City, De Bruyne has lit up the league and has seemingly gotten better with every passing game.

This season though, the Belgian seems to have unlocked a whole new level of genius as he has racked up 6 goals (including a very special strike against Chelsea) and 8 assists already. Clearly, City are blessed to have two of the world’s best playmakers in their ranks and given both their respective performances so far, it’s not surprising that they are playing in a league of their own.