De Bruyne describes ‘chaotic’ Man City scenes

Kevin De Bruyne admitted there was some chaos behind the scenes at Manchester City, but refuted suggestions there is a dark atmosphere.

City have lost their last five games in all competitions while sitting eight points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Their dismal form continued on Saturday with a shock 4-0 defeat at home to Tottenham.

De Bruyne, who has only played six times in the Premier League this season and made just four debuts, says there is no bad mood in the camp.

“I wouldn't say: dark, it was a bit chaotic,” the Belgian said ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match with Feyenoord.

“I've seen so many people in the medical field, in sports science, playing and not playing. There have been so many people playing who shouldn't have played.

“The games against Sporting, Brighton and Bournemouth went in all directions. Tottenham were more normal.

“I didn't see much change, everyone is disappointed with the five defeats. You have to move on.”

City have already scored 17 league goals this season, having been beaten 4-1 by Sporting CP in their last European outing.

Since their losing run began with a 2-1 defeat to Spurs in the EFL Cup on October 30, City have conceded 14 goals out of 10.6 expected goals against (xGA).

“There's only so much you can control from the sides. It's not a nice feeling, but it's fine,” De Bryne added.

“It seems like we don't really focus on the moments when things are going badly. There are moments like the match against Tottenham that we do very well. The main problem is both boxes. We are conceding too many goals. I don't think we played a bad match the other day, but we lost 4-0.”

“If you give five chances against Tottenham, it's not that bad. They get two tap-ins. With the way we play, you have to accept that there are more chances for teams to have a counter. At the moment we are not dealing with this in a good way.

“We're always going to give away a chance. We give it away too often. If we give a chance to score, it's actually a goal.”

De Bruyne is out of contract at the end of the season, although the 33-year-old is not too concerned about his future.

“I honestly don't know. At the beginning of the season I knew there would be conversations, but then it happened [injury] happened in Brentford. It would last a few days and then it turned into eight or nine weeks. “I put it all aside,” he added.

“I'm not too worried. I'm doing well. I'm happy, I just want to play good football again and we'll see about the future.”

“I can only give you the answers, but I don't know. If there are no talks, it will be my last year at the club, but I don't know.”

“I had a conversation in the summer but then I got the injury so I wasn't in the right frame of mind to talk about that. I need to get back on the pitch and be myself again. There's no rush, that I have not.” I don't feel uncomfortable, I don't worry.”