You have now unlocked greatness.
Kevin de Bruyne knows his stuff.
The beguiling Belgian has started 2016/17 like a mansion on fire and perplexed the hell out of Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
Fresh from bossing the Manchester Derby and his club’s opening Champions League fixture, the midfielder scored the first goal in City’s annihilation of the Cherries from a free-kick.
Looking at the image below, it’s the sort of distance and angle that prompts all those oh-so-familiar commentary discussions about how difficult it is to get the ball up and over the wall.
But Kev had it all figured out.
Instead of going *over* the wall, the Belgian waited for the Bournemouth wall to jump and struck the ball underneath them.
That’s how it’s done.
Admittedly, it’s the not the first time we’ve seen such a free-kick, but it’s one of those that takes a bit of balls: If the wall jumps, the entire Soccer Saturday panel hail you as a genius and the second coming of Christ. Get it wrong, you look a bit of a tit.
City are starting to hum. De Bruyne is their driving force.
Kevin De Bruyne at #mcfc
⏱48 games
⏲3710 min
⚽️18 goals
🅰16 assists
Directly involved: every 109 mins/ in 38% of ⚽️ when he was on the pitch— Kristof Terreur (@kristofterreur) September 17, 2016
The fans, of course, are in awe.
See how simple De Bruyne took the free kick 😍
— kelvin (@andykpartey) September 17, 2016
De Bruyne's free kick was world class!
— #WILLGRIGGSONFIRE (@WilGriggsOnFire) September 17, 2016
The free kick from De Bruyne just too good
— Vivek Nıshad ⎊ (@viveknishad98) September 17, 2016
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