Gareth Ainsworth has hailed the partnership of Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland by comparing the duo to Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry.
Since Haaland’s move to Manchester City in the summer of 2022, he has arguably struck up arguably the most devastating attacking partnership in world football with De Bruyne.
In January, Pep Guardiola emphasised that players like the aforementioned duo are matchwinners in the truest sense of the term.
Gareth Ainsworth compares Kevin De Bruyne-Erling Haaland duo to Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry
A statistic was presented by Sky Sports about players who have assisted the same teammate the most times in the Premier League since last season as Gareth Ainsworth was in the studio.
Despite De Bruyne missing most of the ongoing season, he had set Haaland up nine times to top the list, with Nunez’s eight assists to Salah ranking in second place.
Former Queens Park Rangers boss Gareth Ainsworth reacted to the miraculous statistic during the show by likening Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland as a partnership to the legendary Arsenal duo of Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry.
“You’re looking back at the glory years of the United’s and the Arsenal’s, [Dennis] Bergkamp and [Thierry] Henry sort of relationships, you know. It’s just incredible”, he said on Sky Sports.
“They’ve missed quite a few games here, this isn’t the full season, imagine what they’d have had with a full season. Just incredible what they can do.”
Such has been the impact of the Manchester City duo
Considering Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry are hailed by football fans to this day for their stunning dynamic in tandem, the fact that Gareth Ainsworth is reminded of the pair by witnessing Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland is high praise for them.
That too after playing in the same side for just one full season.
On the other hand, Bergkamp and Henry played together at Arsenal for seven years.
However, such has been the impact of Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland being in the same team, as they led their side to win a treble and could now spearhead City to becoming the first English team to win four Premier League titles in a row.
