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Pep Guardiola will use Manchester City’s Champions League dead rubber to build up Kevin De Bruyne’s fitness.
The midfielder returned off the bench during Saturday’s victory at Watford after testing positive for coronavirus.
De Bruyne missed four matches while out and will start against RB Leipzig behind closed doors.
Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Kevin De Bruyne will start for Man City against RB Leipzig
It will give De Bruyne the chance to build-up his fitness after missing time after a positive coronavirus test
‘Kevin was growing in his physical condition and got corona. It was a setback,’ Guardiola said. ‘The people who suffer feel so empty in the next days. Tomorrow he will start and we’ll see how many minutes he can play.’
He added: ‘Now he has to come back and fight for a position like everyone else. But Kevin doesn't have to show absolutely anything to me.
‘He has to come back being himself and show himself he's back, and do what he has to do. Like he has done the last five or six
