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Leicester 0-1 Manchester City: Kevin de Bruyne shines for champions in Erling Haaland's absence

Manchester City have been The Erling Haaland Show this season but in his absence one of the most enduringly world-class members of the club's all-star cast demonstrated exactly why he remains irreplaceable.

Haaland was forced to sit out the visit to Leicester City after suffering a combination of illness and injury that saw him substituted at the interval against former club Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek.

They were bound to miss the 22-year-old with a remarkable 17 goals in 11 Premier League games and his absence looked like it may be a key factor as Leicester erected a blue wall of defensive defiance from the kick-off, then invited Manchester City to break it down.