KDB Masterclass! De Bruyne guides Manchester City to another win with a brace

Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace 4-2 in the Premier League at Selhurst Park. Manchester City continues their pursuit for the Premier League title as they are second in the league table with 70 points, level with Liverpool, who are league leaders. Kevin De Bruyne was the man of the match for his three-goal contributions against Palace, where he scored a brace. De Bruyne has now scored 100 goals for Manchester City.

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Manchester City were shocked early in the game as the host took the lead in the third minute. John Stones gives the ball away, and the quick passes led to a great pass by Adam Wharton to Jean-Philippe Mateta. The French striker runs with the ball on the right side with a vulnerable Man City defense. Mateta takes a low shot into the bottom left corner to score the opener. Manchester City quickly reacted to the goal they conceded as they created dangerous chances to score.

The equalizer arrived for them in the 13th minute as Jack Grealish's low cross effort was blocked and fell to Kevin De Bruyne in the box. The Belgian curls the ball with a perfect strike that meets the top right corner to make it 1-1. A spectacular goal gave Man City hope to turn things around, and they did in the second half. In the second half, Man City took the lead as Rico Lewis smashed the ball into the bottom left corner from a flick of a Crystal Palace defender. Man City would control the game from there and it led to more goals for the away side.

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Erling Haaland scores and De Bruyne completes his brace

In the 66th minute, a great play from Man City led to Grealish passing a great ball to De Bruyne in the box, and the Belgian delivered a perfect ball to Erling Haaland in the box, who tapped in Man City's third goal, his first goal since early March.

De Bruyne wasn't finished there, but four minutes later, he grabbed his second goal. De Bruyne plays a great one-two with Grealish, who then passes the ball to Rodri on the edge of the box. Rodri passed it back to De Bruyne, and he smashed a low strike into the bottom left corner to make it 4-1. In the 86th minute, Palace scored another as Odsonne Edouard poked a shot from close range to score past Ortega.