KDB worry for City

MANCHESTER City are still waiting to discover the full extent of the injury to midfielder Kevin De Bruyne which saw the Belgian forced off towards the end of the Premier League win at Swansea.

De Bruyne helped City record what was a 10th straight victory of the new campaign as they came from behind to beat the Swans 3-1 with a brace from Sergio Aguero.

Reports yesterday suggested De Bruyne had already been ruled out for around a month with a hamstring problem, meaning he would certainly miss the Champions League game against Celtic in Glasgow on Wednesday night as well as Belgium's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers over the international break.

However, it is understood City are not expecting to have a full prognosis of De Bruyne's injury for at least the next 24 hours.

Speaking following the Swansea game, City boss Pep Guardiola said: "I think he is injured.

"We go back to Manchester and he will be seen by a doctor.

"The way he reacted, it looked like muscular, but I am not a doctor."

Premier League leaders City are set to play second-placed Tottenham next weekend and then host Everton following the international break, before a Champions League tie away at Barcelona on October 19.

Meanwhile, Guardiola insists he will adopt a "game by game" mentality as impressive City continue to sweep all before them.

The Spaniard has overseen 10 successive victories this season, including six Premier League wins, and he is already closing in on records.

Guardiola has equalled former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti's record of winning their first six Premier League games, while victory over Celtic in midweek ­- and then Spurs at White Hart Lane next weekend ­- would set a new City record of 12 consecutive wins.

"I didn't think about what might happen at the start of the season," manager Guardiola told www.mancity.com, following a comfortable 3-1 success against Swansea.

"We just focused on pre-season, and then we took a lot of confidence from our Champions League qualifying games, and then following that it's been game by game.

"Now we are thinking of Celtic, and then it will be Tottenham and that's how we'll go forward.

"And at the end of the season, we will see how our levels were and whether we were better than our rivals or not.

"I honestly just think qualifying for (next season's) Champions League will be very tough.

"(Manchester) United played really well (against Leicester), Liverpool are especially playing very well, as are Tottenham and Arsenal. Everton may have lost on Saturday, but they are all so, so strong."