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We asked for your thoughts after Kevin de Bruyne signed off from his last home game on a high, as Manchester City hit three goals past Bournemouth to move one step closer to securing Champions League football.

Here are some of your comments:

Usama: A legend bowing out at the Etihad, he will be missed. As for the performance, it was mixed. We showed our former selves with dominance and composure for the majority of the game, however our weaknesses were there for all to see. We gave away cheap possession twice, resulting in a red card and a needless goal. This cannot keep happening. It has been a frustrating watch all season. We have to be ruthless come the summer transfer window.

John: Not quite the perfect game for KDB's send-off, but it was certainly eventful. It would be lovely to secure third place after such a disrupted season.

Mart: Total City dominance. Things are looking exciting for next season with the young players coming through.

Gene: There was a hunger and a sense of urgency that has been missing often this season. There were also many poor first touches, which could have turned into scoring opportunities, but were swept away by the defence. Marmoush's goal was outstanding, as much as it was unexpected, leaving the goalkeeper aghast with what had just happened. Overall a very positive performance, albeit against a squad which was not at its best.

Derek: A professional performance with well taken goals. We are nearly in the Champions League again. One last word about King Kev, thank you very much for what you've done and I wish you all the luck in the future.

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Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne speaking on the pitch on how he feels leaving the club: "Manchester is home, Manchester is where these little kids were born. I came here with my wife, Michelle, to stay for a long time, didn't expect to be here 10 years. To do what we've done as a club, ers, teammates we've won everything. We made the city, the club bigger and now they're going to take over.

"I wanted to play with creativity, I wanted to play with ion. I wanted to enjoy football and I hope everyone enjoyed it. Everybody has pushed me so hard inside and outside the club to be the best version of myself and these guys, everybody we see on the screen and these guys in front of me have made me better than I was before. It's an honour to play with these guys. I've made so many friends for life. We'll be back for sure soon.

"This team tries to entertain people and win. This team works incredibly hard everybody behind the scenes and on the pitch. This team will win in the future, with or without me, and everybody in the city, the ers, will be behind the team like they've done with me for the last 10 years. This team will have success that's for sure.

"You just want to do well and win and then when you win you want to win more. You want to push the city and we've had five/six parades and that's been incredible to witness everything that goes around in the city. All the moments with these teammates there's been too many to count. It's been a pleasure."

On there being a statue of him: "It means I will always be part of this club. I always represent a small piece of that and whenever I come back with these guys and with family and friends I will be able to see myself standing around the stadium. I will always be here."

Listen to De Bruyne's full speech on BBC Sounds

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports: "The most important thing was to win the game and we did it against an incredible opponent. They destroyed us in the Premier League in the first leg. The games are always good, we had chances, they had chances, it was open and the people enjoy."

On Kevin De Bruyne: "There's something that you cannot buy, if you're honest. He got all the love, especially the gratitude for the player he is and year after year what he's done."

Guardiola also threatened to quit if the club does not reduce the size of his squad this summer: "I said to the club I don't want that [a bigger squad]. I don't want to leave five or six players in the freezer. I don't want that. I will quit. Make a shorter squad, I will stay.

"It's impossible for my soul to [tell] my players in the tribune [stands] that they cannot play."

On needing a point for Champions League: "It's a pity that against Southampton we couldn't collect the points. Now it would be already done. On Sunday we have a tough opponent. We go there to win to take the point we need to be next season in the Champions League."

Did you know?

• Manchester City have won all eight of their Premier League home games against Bournemouth, with only Arsenal (10/10 v Stoke) having a better 100% home win rate against a side.

• Kevin De Bruyne created two chances for Man City, taking his overall total in the Premier League to 846. Since Opta have this metric on record (2003-04), no player has created more (Cesc Fàbregas also 846).

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Manchester City have announced that they will dedicate a mosaic and name a road after midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.

The Belgian announced earlier this season that this will be his last campaign with the club after having made his debut in 2015.

The club took to social media platform X , externalto confirm that a road at the City Football Academy will be named after the legendary midfielder and will be called the Kevin De Bruyne crescent.

A mosaic was also unveiled earlier today as a tribute to De Bruyne. This is installed near the training pitch at the City Football Academy. The image portrays one of the midfielder's iconic celebrations after a 6-3 win over Leicester City in 2021.

De Bruyne s the likes of Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany and others with a mosaic that is created by local Manchester artist and City fan Mark Kennedy.

Mike Minay
BBC Radio Manchester reporter

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