Fans believe that another Premier League superstar is similar to Kevin De Bruyne after his amazing headed play against Brighton.
The Belgian’s impressive header has been likened to a goal that Robin van Persie scored many years ago.
De Bruyne’s spectacular effort gave Man City a 1-0 lead after Kyle Walker floated a cross into the box.
With a jump like a salmon, the midfield wizard connected with the cross to send the ball rocketing into the upper corner of Jason Steele’s net.
Kevin De Bruyne scored a spectacular diving header against Brighton
Fans think his goal was similar to Robin van Persie’s header in the 2014 World Cup
The goal was hailed by supporters as spectacular, and they compared it to Van Persie’s 2014 World Cup strike against Spain.
The Dutchman, who was a player for both Manchester United and Arsenal, scored a goal and helped the Netherlands defeat the Spaniards 5-1 in their group by latching onto a long pass forward from Daley Blind.
Supporters felt that the two goals were uncannily similar, and they shared their thoughts on social media.
“Just when you think you have seen it all,” one person wrote. Like Van Persie, he scored a fantastic header.”
An more person stated, “De Bruyne scored an IDENTICAL goal to Van Persie’s historic goal.”
“Kevin De Bruyne’s opener in Van Persie style!” wrote a third fan on social media.
A fourth person commented, saying, “Alright, that De Bruyne header… amazing!!!” Van Persie ought to be pleased.
“The one thing we did not expect today was a Robin van Persie style header,” Jamie Redknapp stated, drawing comparisons between the goal and Van Persie’s live on Sky Sports.
With his worldie, RVP tied for third place in the 2014 Puskas Award; James Rodriguez won for his volley against Uruguay.
Even though this was De Bruyne’s FIRST header ever in the Premier League, he finished with style.
His goal gave Pep Guardiola’s team a much-needed boost, as they promptly added two more goals to take a 3-0 lead before halftime.
And with a goal in the second half to make it 4-0, City moved to within one point of league leaders Arsenal going into the last few games of the campaign.