KEVIN DE BRUYNE took the plaudits when he scored two targets to down Manchester United in Sunday’s derby.
But the Man City ace is trailing former Chelsea teammate Frank Lampard within the all-time Premier League objective involvements desk.
De Bruyne, 30, is broadly thought to be the perfect participant within the league alongside Liverpool’s Mo Salah.
And his high flight numbers for a midfielder are superb.
That’s as a result of the Belgian has scored 51 targets within the Premier League whereas laying on 81 assists, giving him a mixed objective involvement complete of 132.
However, De Bruyne is barely EIGHTH within the all-time listing, dragging behind James Milner, David Beckham and former City pal David Silva.
Cesc Fabregas is fourth, with Paul Scholes third and Steven Gerrard second.
But main the way in which by a rustic mile is Chelsea legend and now-Everton boss Lampard.
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The former England worldwide is the top-scoring Premier league midfielder of all time with 177 targets.
That’s 57 greater than Gerrard and 126 greater than De Bruyne.
Lampard additionally bagged 102 assists, 41 greater than De Bruyne and solely crushed by Fabregas’ 111.
But for a mixed complete, Lampard stands head and shoulders above everyone with 279 Premier League objective involvements – 67 greater than second-place Gerrard and over DOUBLE De Bruyne’s contribution.
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