Manchester City talisman Kevin De Bruyne was full of praise for one of his younger teammates.

The Belgian midfielder, who scored in an impressive 4-0 win over Brighton on Thursday, reserved kind words for his attack partner.

De Bruyne believes Phil Foden's phenomenal footballing ability has taken him to new levels.

He stated post-game: Now, Phil gets trusted to play centrally. Even today we didn't play with any wingers, so we both played a little centrally and had to go on the wings sometimes.

Phil does what he does for six or seven years already and it's not like he's just come onto the scene.

He's been doing this for years and helped us win titles. This year he went up a level."

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