The Liverpool boss dismissed the idea that the champions would be derailed by the Belgian's knee injury and he was proven 100 per cent correct
Jurgen Klopp said it best. On Friday he dismissed the idea that Kevin De Bruyne's injury would derail Manchester City's bid to defend their Premier League title, and he even went one step further, reminding supporters across that country the anybody celebrating the Belgian's set-back is "an asshole".
On the evidence of City's first game without their best player, he was spot on.
As the champions tore into Huddersfield, the team that caused them so many problems last season, it was easy to forget that De Bruyne was not out there on the pitch.