O Manchester City will play in the middle of the week for the Champions League, against Real Madrid. And he will arrive fueled by a victory, after beating Crystal Palace 4-2 in the English Championshipeven with coach Pep Guardiola opting to spare some players.
After falling behind on the scoreboard, City reacted and managed to turn things around by scoring with Kevin de Bruyne (13′ and 70′), Rico Lewis (47′) and Erling Haaland (66′), who reached his 100th goal for the team. Manchester after coming up empty in the last five games.
“It’s been an atypical season. I was out for five months, sometimes I feel good, other times my body needs time,” declared De Bruyne after the match.
In addition to the two goals, the Belgian provided the assist for Haaland to score the ‘Citizens’ third and appears to be back to his best level after missing much of the season due to physical problems.
Guardiola praised De Bruyne’s performance: “Today we won because of him. Kevin won the game with his actions, his goals, his assists, his talent.”
In the final stretch, Palace scored with a goal from Frenchman Odsonne Edouard (86′).
In another game of the day, Aston Villa, which closes the qualifying zone for the next Champions League, conceded a 3-3 draw with Brentford after winning by two goals.
With this stumble at home, Villa can be caught by Tottenham, who face Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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