Marc Wilmots, Belgium coachI told Eden [Hazard] that I wanted him to score a goal by cutting inside. He hadn’t been getting close enough to the goal and he needs to have fun when he's out on the pitch. A captain can't always do his talking with his mouth, sometimes you have to do your talking with your feet and that's what he did today.We should have been at least 3-0 up at half-time, we kept the game at 1-0 too long. We scored the second and third goals very quickly but we needed a lot of chances and in big games you don't get
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De Bruyne demonstrates his importance to City
The Paris Saint-Germain fans expecting a midweek stroll were clearly looking at the wrong set of Manchester City results. The English club may have wobbled of late, but their recent woes coincided with the absence of Kevin De Bruyne – and the Belgian schemer underlined the point on a frenetic night that left the visitors favourites to reach the semi-finals.This was football to quicken the pulse, a rollercoaster game strewn with twists, turns and telling lapses that ended in a 2-2 draw neither coach could quibble with. Laurent Blanc and Manuel Pellegrini rued mistakes in the aftermath, but there was quality too, and the moment of purest expertise was delivered by a fit-again De Br...