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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened

Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne (centre right) celebrates with Jack Grealish after scoring their fourth goal at Crystal Palace, his second goal of the game.
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne (centre right) celebrates with Jack Grealish after scoring their fourth goal at Crystal Palace, his second goal of the game. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP

Pep Guardiola: “In the first half we did make mistakes but we made a comeback and Kevin de Bruyne won the game with his actions, his assists, his goals and everything,” the Manchester City boss tells TNT.

“We won the game with him. I didn’t know that [De Bruyne] enjoyed scoring goals more than assists but I keep pushing him to say we have to win games. He has won many games for us, no doubt. It was really good his performance.

“We will see which players we have available [for Real Madrid on Tuesday] because Josko [Gvardiol] had a little problem. We will see. Next one. We were unlucky to play early on after Aston Villa but now lucky we have time to recover before Real Madrid. We will try to give them a good game.”

Match report: Crystal Palace 2-4 Man City

Premier League: Kevin De Bruyne crowned a man-of-the-match performance with two fine strikes as Manchester City came from behind to beat their hosts at Selhurst Park. John Brewin reports from Selhurst Park …

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