World Cup 2018: Belgium 5-2 Tunisia; 3 key battles that decided the game

#1 Kevin De Bruyne vs Tunisia

De Bruyne ran things from deep midfield

You want to know how good De Bruyne is? Michy Batshuayi, who came on in the 70th minute, could have scored a hat-trick simply because of De Bruyne. In the end, he did get a goal (not from De Bruyne though) but everything that happened for Belgium, it started with the Manchester City midfield as its beginning.

Like Hazard, De Bruyne could have been handled a lot better if Tunisia had decided to properly mark him with a multitude of players, but they chose not to and paid the price for that. With 35 accurate passes and 4 of them considered key passes, 2 dribbles and 54 touches on the ball, De Bruyne was the hero who stayed away from the limelight.

Unlike the other two, De Bruyne was not protected by Martinez but it might have been because the coach thought he was capable of playing all the minutes without a break - which is true because he is not as high-intensity on the ball as the other two.

Everything said and done, these three will once again be the most important against England. If England choose to go the Tunisia route instead of playing with a proper action plan, God save the queen indeed!