City ended a seven-match winless run with last night's 3-0 win.
De Bruyne was among the goalscorers and said afterwards: “To be honest it’s not the moment to look at that. It’s been a hard period. We have to accept the challenge. The Premier League is getting harder and harder. We know that everybody is becoming a really tough team to play. Everybody is taking points off everybody.
“We have to improve as a team first, try to win games and we’ll see in a couple of months where we are.
“Hopefully we will have improved a bit and we get a bit closer. For the moment, it is not the time.”
On the win, he added: “It’s nice. It’s not been a nice period for me, but you have to deal with it. It’s nice to be out there to change the momentum hopefully.
“It’s been a tough time. You have to accept the challenge, I think we did well today."
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