FANS think Kevin De Bruyne’s incredible headed effort against Brighton is reminiscent of another Premier League super star.

The Belgian’s leaping header has been compared to a memorable goal scored by Robin van Persie.

Kevin De Bruyne scored a spectacular diving header against Brighton

Fans think his goal was similar to Robin van Persie’s header in the 2014 World Cup

De Bruyne put Man City 1-0 up with his acrobatic effort after Kyle Walker floated a ball into the box.

The midfield magician leapt like a salmon to get his head on the end of the cross and saw his connection make the ball bullet into the top corner of Jason Steele’s net.

Fans thought the goal was sensational and likened it to the World Cup stunner that Van Persie netted against Spain in 2014.

The Dutchman, who played for both Arsenal and Man Utd, went flying as he got on the end of a long ball forward from Daley Blind to help the Netherlands cruise to a 5-1 win over the Spaniards in their group.

Fans think the two goals are eerily similar and took to social media to express their opinions.

One wrote: “Just when you think you’ve seen De Bruyne do it all. He goes and scores a great header, just like Van Persie.”

While another added: “De Bruyne scored an IDENTICAL goal to Van Persie’s historic goal.”

A third fan posted: “Kevin De Bruyne’s opener in Van Persie style!”

And a fourth wrote: “Okay that De Bruyne header… magnificent!!! Van Persie must be proud”.

Jamie Redknapp even likened the goal to Van Persie’s live on Sky Sports as he said: “The one thing we didn’t expect today was a Robin van Persie style header”.

With his worldie, RVP tied for third place in the 2014 Puskas Award; James Rodriguez won for his volley against Uruguay.

Even though this was De Bruyne’s FIRST header ever in the Premier League, he finished with style.

His goal gave Pep Guardiola’s team a much-needed boost, as they promptly added two more goals to take a 3-0 lead before halftime.

And with a goal in the second half to make it 4-0, City moved to within one point of league leaders Arsenal going into the last few games of the campaign.