Manchester City were 2-0 down early on and struggling but Pep Guardiola's side roared back to win 5-2 at home against Crystal Palace on Saturday, as their UEFA Champions League qualification hopes remain alive.
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Eberechi Eze and Chris Richards had Palace ahead early and Ismaila Sarr could have made it 3-0, but Kevin de Bruyne inspired City's comeback as he curled home a classy free kick, then Omar Marmoush made it 2-2 before half time.
In the second half Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee and Nico O'Reilly all scored to turn the game on its head as Palace had no answer to City cranking up the pressure.
With the win City move on to 55 points and momentarily move into fourth place in the table with six games to go. Palace suffered their first away defeat in the Premier League in almost six months and remain on 43 points.
What’s next?
City head to Everton next Saturday, April 19. Palace head to Newcastle on Wednesday, April 16 before hosting Bournemouth next Saturday.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace score: 5-2
De Bruyne 33', Marmoush 36', Kovacic 47’, McAtee 56’, O'Reilly 80'; Eze 8’, Richards 21’
O’Reilly’s deflected shot goes in — Manchester City 5-2 Crystal Palace
A cross is clipped in and youngster O'Reilly is there to cushion a shot on goal which takes a slight deflection and flies in. That should be it.
Ederson is down with an injury
Ederson is done for this game. He is down with an ankle issue and Stefan Ortega has come on in his place.
McAtee extends City’s lead — Manchester City 4-2 Crystal Palace
Ederson launches it forward and McAtee skips past Henderson and finishes well. City continue to roar back! 4-2 to the hosts!
Kovacic puts City ahead! — Manchester City 3-2 Crystal Palace
Lovely play down the left and Kovacic puts City ahead. Quick VAR check for offside but City lead. Guardiola is loving it. The home fans have gone bonkers.
De Bruyne should put City ahead
Lovely play from City and KDB is in… but he slams over. He knows he should score. He can’t believe it. It’s half time and what a brilliant first half that was.
Marmoush slams home! — Manchester City 2-2 Crystal Palace
What a game! McAtee's cross is nodded down and Marmoush smashes home. Just like that it is level!
De Bruyne curls home a free kick! Game on! — Manchester City 1-2 Crystal Palace
Here we go. De Bruyne curls home a beauty of a low free kick which comes off the post and goes in. 2-1 and City almost make it 2-2 seconds later as McAtee heads wide when he's unmarked in front of goal. He should score! What a game.
Eze scores... but he’s offside
Eze is played in and he cuts inside and curls home... but the offside flag is up. Eze just strayed offside but that was so easy for Palace again. They thought they were 3-0 up inside the first 30 minutes.
Sarr fires over
Palace are flying forward down their right again and Sarr smashes over when he should hit the target. It could have been 3-0! What is going on?!
De Bruyne hits the post
City have reacted well and De Bruyne curls a beauty towards the far corner but it hits the post and comes back out. Henderson was at full stretch and beaten.
Richards heads home! — Manchester City 0-2 Crystal Palace
Palace have doubled their lead and it’s USMNT defender Chris Richards who heads home. A corner is whipped in and Ederson gets it all wrong as he comes out flapping. Richards beat Dias and Palace are 2-0 up at a stunned ...
