Pep Guardiola challenged Kevin De Bruyne to step up another level despite his important goal as Manchester City beat Brighton in the Premier League to bounce back from their defeat to Liverpool.
City looked back to their usual selves in the first half against Brighton, scoring twice through Erling Haaland, but the visitors came out strong after the break and deservedly got back into the game through Leandro Trossard. That set up a nervy few minutes, but De Bruyne settled the game with a lovely curling effort into the top corner to seal a 3-1 win.
And Guardiola said after the game that De Bruyne still must improve, even though he settled any nerves with his superb strike against Brighton.
