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Watch Kevin De Bruyne Score His First Man City Hat-Trick (All With His Left Foot) At Wolves

Kevin De Bruyne showed why he is Manchester City's highest-earner by scoring a brilliant hat-trick against Wolves. All three goals came from his left foot.

Robert Summerscales

Watch Kevin De Bruyne Score His First Man City Hat-Trick (All With His Left Foot) At Wolves
Watch Kevin De Bruyne Score His First Man City Hat-Trick (All With His Left Foot) At Wolves /

Kevin De Bruyne proved just why he is Manchester City's highest-earner on Wednesday by scoring a hat-trick inside the opening 24 minutes against Wolves.

It has been widely reported that summer signing Erling Haaland will be given the same salary as De Bruyne when he joins City from Borussia Dortmund on July 1.

But De Bruyne reminded everyone why he is currently City's main man by netting on seven, 16 and 24 minutes at Molineux.

De Bruyne is more of a creator than a goalscorer by trade, but his exhibition of finishing would have made a top striker like Haaland proud.

All three of De Bruyne's goals were scored with his left foot, which is supposedly his weaker foot.

The first came courtesy of a crisp low strike following a stylish one-two with Bernardo Silva.

His second was less aesthetically pleasing but he showed impressive anticipation to pounce upon an error by Wolves keeper Jose Sa.

De Bruyne's third was the pick of the bunch. He collected the ball midway inside the Wolves half on the right side of the field, before powering past Ruben Neves and firing home from just outside the penalty area.

Kevin De Bruyne holds up three fingers after scoring his first hat-trick for Manchester City in May 2022
Kevin De Bruyne pictured celebrating after scoring his first hat-trick for Manchester City :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Darren Staples

This was De Bruyne's first hat-trick since he struck three times for Genk in a 5-4 win over Club Brugge in October 2011.

But he was not done yet.

De Bruyne scored again in the second half, albeit this time with his right foot, as City cruised to a 5-1 victory over Wolves to move three points clear of Premier League title rivals Liverpool.

Leander Dendoncker and Raheem Sterling were the other players on the scoresheet at Molineux.

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.