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Kevin De Bruyne leaves hospital with fractured nose, eye socket after clash with Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger

Football - Champions League Final - Manchester City v Chelsea - Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal - May 29, 2021. Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne reacts after sustaining an injury before being substituted. [REUTERS/Carl Recine]

Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne fractured his nose and a bone around his left eye socket in Saturday's Champions League loss to Chelsea, the 29-year-old said on Sunday.

The Belgium international had to go off on the hour mark with a concussion injury in City's 1-0 defeat at Porto's Estadio Do Dragao after an accidental clash with Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger left him on the ground.

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