Gary Neville believes that the reason Kevin De Bruyne has suffered yet another injury for Man City is due to the hectic fixture schedule.
De Bruyne was forced off the field after just 38 minutes in the 1-0 victory over Tottenham, after appearing to tweak his knee following a shot on goal.
Despite De Bruyne's injury, City managed to hold on for a massive three points that once again puts them at the top of the Premier League table, after Phil Foden nodded in the winner in the fifth minute.
City won't have too much time to recover as they face another gruelling match on Wednesday when they travel to Old Trafford for the Manchester derby.
Neville believes that the difficult run of big games was a contributing factor to De Bruyne suffering injury once again.
Manchester City handed major Kevin De Bruyne injury blow
"That's what happens when you play Champions League on a Wednesday and a Saturday early kick-off," Neville said on commentary for Sky Sports during the game.
"With these two teams going for the title you are looking at fine margins. The injury might just lift Liverpool a little bit with De Bruyne going off."
De Bruyne was visibly frustrated as he left the field and it's been awful run of luck for him as injuries have plagued his season.
He's already missed 26 games this season and it seems that he will be ruled out of the clash with Manchester United.
Pep Guardiola said on the injury: "I didn't speak with him or the doctors but it's a muscular injury. I don't know how big the impact is.
"We will see tomorrow but I think the next game he will be out."
