De Bruyne leads Manchester City to comeback thrashing of Crystal Palace
A goal and an assist and a captain’s display that wrenched the contest from Crystal Palace: here was an opportunity to revel in the sublime talent of Kevin De Bruyne.On a sun-dappled east Manchester afternoon, De Bruyne illustrated, again, his peerlessness. The truism that the best have a crucial extra moment to work with runs through his decade in a Manchester City shirt and was displayed in the strike crafted for Mateo Kovacic.Guardiola: Manchester City must be near perfect to make Champions LeagueRead moreEighty seconds into the second half, the 33-year-old received a Nico O’Reilly pass from the left, with three Crystal Palace men converging on him. All seemed to slow, as he swivelled and left them in a different postcode and laid off to Kovacic, who put City 3-2 ahead.Pep Guardiola said: “The performance of Kevin is what he has done for many, many years in many games. Unfortunately, he could not with injuries and surgery for 18months, but he played fantastic. He helped us to break...