Up and down the desk, there are attention-grabbing battles because the season hurtles in direction of its enterprise finish.
De Bruyne’s Manchester Metropolis path leaders Arsenal by 5 factors and are nonetheless to play Mikel Arteta’s aspect on the Etihad Stadium, whereas the make-up of the highest 4 and the underside three are removed from sure.
Manchester United, Tottenham, Newcastle and Liverpool are all in rivalry to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League, whereas Brighton, Brentford and Fulham might additionally end within the prime seven.
Additional down the League, the underside eight are separated by solely 5 factors.
Premier League groups proceed to outspend their European counterparts as post-pandemic spending reveals little signal of slowing down in English soccer.
That, De Bruyne says, makes the League its most tough in years, underlining the magnitude of Arsenal’s problem.
“I feel the league has modified a bit, the decrease groups they’re able to spend more cash and purchase extra high quality gamers,” he stated.
“I really feel like all 20 groups have a lot high quality and I feel the extent of problem of beating all these groups is getting harder and harder. We’re second within the league, we’re in three competitions, so I feel if you’re evaluating to numerous completely different years I don’t really feel too completely different.”