Yes, every other game he is very good or exceptional. Every other game he can be piss poor, even if he chips in with an assist. Thing is, you’re not world class if you dip as much as him, consistency is as important as staying match-fit. There is a reason why Kevin de Bruyne plays for the best team in the league, don’t be daft enough to bring him into the conversation - he has carried City to another level for years when he manages to stay fit. KdB dictates pretty much every single game he plays like the other best players, Bruno does not. Before his little rise of form just now which leads to threads like this one, which I timed very well with Fantasy thank god, there was a lot of criticism and it was deserved. Really poor against the better teams as well, if it’s said about Lukaku we need to say it here too right?
He’s played roughly 25 games this season and failed to score or assist in 15 of them, despite being free to roam as he wishes with little care for positioning - frankly being very poor in many of those games, just check the post match threads. Nobody is doubting him when he scores or assists others like today and last week, but let’s not forget he doesn’t deliver in half of the games or more. I really hope he finds that extra level of consistency, as well as raising his bottom level a few notches, only then will I call him world class. Right now he’s a luxury player in that we have to accept terrible performances followed by match-winning performances, goals and assists. A strange player indeed, very difficult to place him.
For what it’s worth, a player does not have to assist or score to have a good game, far from it. However, Bruno is an attacking player, contributes very little elsewhere if he’s not on song.