Manchester City attacker Kevin De Bruyne admits first working with manager Pep Guardiola took some getting used to.

The Belgium star joined City in 2015 a year before Guardiola arrived from Bayern Munich and has helped the club to win two Premier League titles over the last five years.

De Bruyne told Bleacher Report: "He explains so much to some people when we have a meeting. In football, you have tactics, but it's not like the NFL.

"I think there's players when they come in and they have a few meetings and he explains so much in the beginning. Like football, you don't think so much; you just do it. You know a few things that you need to do but then in the beginning, people are just wondering, 'Oh, my head is blown off'.

"I think first of all is tactical. I think player relations, sometimes it's difficult because you have 25 players, and to have a personal relationship with everybody is difficult.

"On one hand, I think also because you're the boss there's always going to be a certain distance. Maybe in 10-15 years when I'm done, you're gonna have a different relationship.

"But for us, it's, it's impossible to have like a real close relationship with a coach because otherwise you're going to ask 24 other people who are saying, 'Oh yeah, you only play because, because of the coach,' and all that stuff, so that that's not possible."