At 19:30 on the evening of April 12, Beijing time, in the 32nd round of the English Premier League, Manchester City hosted Crystal Palace.
In the first half, Manchester City suffered a critical blow, conceding 2 goals in a row at home, Eze and Chris Richards scored successively, Marmoush missed a single knife, De Bruyne hit the post from a distance and a free kick directly scored to pull one back, and then De Bruyne passed, Gundogan shot and kicked the assist, Malmoush scored the equalizer, and drew 2-2 at halftime; In the second half, Kevin De Bruyne set up Mateo Kovacic to score the winning goal, McCarty doubled the scoreline, Ederson provided his fourth assist in the Premier League of the season and O'Reilly scored his maiden goal to seal the win.
In the end, Manchester City reversed Crystal Palace 5-2 at home, temporarily promoted to fourth place in the Premier League, and the top five in the Premier League this season can all get a place in the Champions League next season.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace,Pep Guardiola lined up the 4231 formation, De Bruyne burst forward and played a cameo role as a central striker, McCarty, Gundogan, and Marmous formed the front guard, Kovacic and Gonzalez partnered in the back, Lewis, Ruben Dias, Gvardiol, and O'Reilly formed a back four, and Ederson was in goal, with a starting value of 409 million euros;Glasner lined up in a 3421 formation, with Mateta in front and Eze and Sarr behind him, Mitchell, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, and Muñoz forming a quadruple midfield, Lerma, Lacroix, and Chris Richards forming a back three, and Henderson in goal, with a starting value of 268 million euros。
In this game, Manchester City, who urgently needed three points to compete for the Champions League spot, suffered two sticks at home, Crystal Palace counterattacked, and a corner kick, scored by Eze and Chris Richards. Manchester City fell behind 0-2 early at home, but Manchester City did not give up and did not collapse, if Manchester City lost this game, it would be difficult to fight for five in the Premier League. It was 10-year veteran Kevin De Bruyne who stepped up at the crucial moment, and this was also the final season of the Belgian midfielder's spell at Manchester City. De Bruyne's free-kick kicked the whistle for the counter-attack, and Marmush's goal was actually planned by De Bruyne, who didn't play the ball well for Gundogan, and the wrong goal turned into an assist. Mateo Kovacic's goal came from Kevin De Bruyne's attack, meaning City's first three goals were all linked to De Bruyne. City's two Academy graduates, Makati and O'Reilly, then scored, and in the end, Manchester City made it 2-5 to beat Crystal Palace 5-2 at home to earn three valuable points.
After the game, De Bruyne, who scored three goals alone, scored a game-high 8.7 points, and Ederson received his fourth assist in the Premier League this season.
Full game,Manchester City managed 68% possession and a total of 21 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target; Palace had a total of 7 more shots on goal with 3 of them on target。