Guardiola hails dazzling De Bruyne as Man City cruise towards Champions League quarters

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Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City celebrates scoring. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Pep Guardiola hailed Kevin De Bruyne's form "extraordinary" after the Belgian was involved in all three goals as Manchester City beat FC Copenhagen 3-1 on Tuesday to close in on the Champions League quarter-finals.

De Bruyne's early opener was cancelled out against the run of play by Magnus Mattsson.

Bernardo Silva restored City's lead before half-time, but they had to wait until stoppage time to add further punishment for the hosts when Phil Foden turned home De Bruyne's cut-back.

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