{"id":326080,"date":"2025-04-12T20:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T20:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/12\/de-bruyne-scores-as-man-city-thrash-palace\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T20:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T20:42:17","slug":"de-bruyne-scores-as-man-city-thrash-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/12\/de-bruyne-scores-as-man-city-thrash-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"De Bruyne scores as Man City thrash Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Six days after being condemned for their performance in the derby stalemate at Old Trafford, Manchester City roared back from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace in a thrilling encounter at Etihad Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After their defence had been badly exposed for Eberechi Eze and Chris Richards to put the visitors into a comfortable lead, City hit back after Palace had a third goal ruled out by a close call from the new\u00a0semi-automated offside technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outgoing City skipper Kevin de Bruyne\u00a0was at the centre of the astounding reversal of fortunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First De Bruyne levelled as he deceived Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson with a superb 33rd-minute free-kick. Omar Marmoush levelled before the break with his seventh goal for City, then Mateo Kovacic drove De Bruyne&#8217;s lay-off into the bottom corner a minute into the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James McAtee finally found the target after wasting a couple of excellent chances on his first Premier League start, dashing on to Ederson&#8217;s punt downfield before rounding Henderson and applying the finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nico O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s deflected effort completed the scoring as City hit five goals in a home Premier League game for the first time this season. It was a thrilling way to end an uncharacteristic run of six City games which had produced a total of 10 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More importantly, it took them back into fourth spot in the Premier League and applied the pressure on Chelsea and Newcastle in the scrap for Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was some bad news as goalkeeper Ederson went down after feeling a pain in his leg as he went to make a routine second-half clearance and had to be replaced by Stefan Ortega.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after being condemned for their performance in the derby stalemate at Old Trafford, Manchester City roared back from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace in a thrilling encounter at Etihad Stadium. 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