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title: "Manchester City: Fans loved club’s throwback to Kevin De Bruyne goal against Swansea"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-city-fans-loved-kevin-de-bruyne-goal-swansea-2018/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2020-06-01T12:00:34Z"
modified: "2020-06-01T12:00:34Z"
---

# Manchester City: Fans loved club’s throwback to Kevin De Bruyne goal against Swansea

**A number of Manchester City fans enjoyed footage posted by the club of a stunning Kevin De Bruyne goal from two seasons ago.**

The club’s official Twitter account [@ManCity](https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1267141645008605184) posted a clip of the Belgian’s 25-yard screamer against Swansea from April 2018, the midfielder driving the ball to the net from long range past a helpless Lukasz Fabianski.

https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1267141645008605184

As noted by [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43772471), the game at the Etihad Stadium was the team’s first since reclaiming the Premier League title a week previously and Pep Guardiola’s men were given a guard of honour prior to kick-off. If the visitors were hoping that the newly-crowned champions would ease off the throttle, their hopes were extinguished within 16 minutes as Manchester City went 2-0 up.

De Bruyne’s jaw-dropping strike, his [eighth league goal of 2017/18](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kevin-de-bruyne/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/88755/plus/0/saison/2017/wettbewerb/GB1/verein/281), made it 3-0 early in the second half and further goals from Bernardo Silva and Gabriel Jesus rounded off a thumping 5-0 win for a team who would go on to record [100 Premier League points](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/05/13/manchester-city-become-first-team-hit-100-premier-league-points/).

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These Manchester City fans on Twitter purred over the Belgian’s unforgiving finish:

https://twitter.com/NonagonCity/status/1267191702521106432

> I need this again. [https://t.co/qCD6AmlcRS](https://t.co/qCD6AmlcRS)
>
> — ChrisHulings (@ChrisHulings418) [June 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/ChrisHulings418/status/1267287075872800768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/ZGamer70008000/status/1267166665235668993

https://twitter.com/matthewtolfree/status/1267142782650658816

https://twitter.com/crisherosv/status/1267142813306826754

> My Midfielder is the best in the world, A GOAT in his position
>
> — Abdullahi Aji 😎 (@AbdullahiAbbaA) [May 31, 2020](https://twitter.com/AbdullahiAbbaA/status/1267163338892550147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Man City fans, just how good was De Bruyne that season? Comment below with your views!***