EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | Man City 5-2 Crystal Palace | De Bruyne Inspired Comeback!

There are seven matches to play, four here, three away, and the Blues now know that a top five finish will get them into the UEFA Champions League next season. A fifth title in a row long since gone perhaps, but the prize of the biggest European club competition is certainly one worth grabbing. It's an Oliver Glasner special, the way they play out from the back, with their wing-backs and their insistence on playing through the thirds, and they're now in the final third, and the cross comes in, and they'll score through Eze, and Crystal Palace tap the ball into the net, and City think it should be offside, Palace are celebrating, Eze's tapped it into the back of the net, and barring the semi-automated offside coming to City's rescue, it is City nil, Crystal Palace one. And Eze helps it on forward, and Sars got it, and Munoz is bombing on, and Palace are swarming forward with numbers here, and out wide it goes to Mitchell, Mitchell low into the area, just about cleared by Diaz, and then up by Lewis, and up to De Bruyne, and now City are on the counter, and on it goes from De Bruyne to Mahmoud, Mahmoud goes down the middle, Omar Mahmoud, oh, and he was just held back, and De Bruyne hits it, and it's deflected out for a corner, and that looked like a penalty to me. Absolutely Ali, Mahmoud is appealing for that, just as he was about to strike, he's pulled back, I think Mahmoud was pulled back just before he struck, fantastic counter-attack. Still a long way to go in this game, the Blues are going to have to come from behind, and I remember not so long ago, that Palace led 2-0 here at the Etihad Stadium, the Blues came back and won 4-2, but Haaland scored a hat-trick that day, and of course today he's on the injured list, and Crystal Palace have scored the fewest away goals in the Premier League this season, as the ball is in from Richards, Richards just levered himself into position, headed it into the back of the net, and Palace lead 2-0. But we're now at the business end of things, we're in April, and the Blues have got to show some form, that's a handball by Wharton, free kick to City, taken by Niko, on to Maneuge, on to Gundogan, on to De Bruyne, De Bruyne on the edge of the area, and it's a brilliant hit against the post, and then Gundogan prods it, but again City close to pulling themselves back in it, Palace are stretching City again, and Munoz up in a race with O'Reilly, ball to the byline, O'Reilly will get there for City, and his skills get him out of trouble, and away he gets from Munoz, who holds him up well. Wonderful confidence and skill from O'Reilly to turn out of that pressure situation in his own penalty box. O'Reilly now coming forward, he loses it to Munoz, and Munoz can lead a counter here, and Palace have four forward, and one of them is Eze on the far side, and Eze on the edge of the area, and Eze makes it 3-0, and the offside flag's gone up, the offside flag's gone up, I tell you what, this was a tight one, he was offside, and the semi-automated offside was quick and swift, and thank goodness it has gone the Blues way. On it goes to Maneuge, spins away from Richards, keeps on going Maneuge, gets to the left edge of the penalty area, looks across and finds Kovacic, back it goes to Niko, Niko looking to get a pass out to this, oh, that's a poor one, Kamada will get booked for that, right on the shin of Niko, and very, very central, free-kick City. Shooting position, De Bruyne runs up, and hits it, in! Crystal Palace 2! De Bruyne puts the Blues back in the game, and although there was a massive wall in front of Henderson, he was wrong-footed, which suggests there might have been a nick on the way through. Yeah, I think it went through the wall, but it was a cleanly struck, free-kick by De Bruyne, does it go through the wall, through the gap, it goes through the gap, and you've got to say, unstoppable, fine, fine strike from Kevin De Bruyne, game on. Remember, Palace could have been 3-0 up, and would have been, but for an offside flag, as Diaz plays it forward, looking towards Maneuge, De Bruyne gets in there, wins it back, De Bruyne, shot is blocked, it'll break for Maneuge in the left-wing position, what a match! Oh, a game that's got everything. Maneuge now, little crossover, McAtee, oh, he's put it wide! The shot's blocked, Maneuge picks it up, and he picks McAtee, he's standing on the penalty spot here, just has to hit the target. On it goes to Kovacic, into the gap for McAtee, McAtee tries to get round the outside, little dab to the far, De Bruyne's cushion, Gundogan misses it, Maneuge! Palace 2, what a game of football! I mentioned that not that long ago, City trailed 2-0 here at the Etihad Stadium, came back and won 4-2, I wonder! What a game, and what a goal, brilliant City pressure, kept it alive, De Bruyne's header was superb, just eased it back, Gundogan could have scored, he miskicked it, and then when the ball went loose, Maneuge is there to lash it home. Midway inside the Palace half, on it goes to De Bruyne, De Bruyne to Lewis, Lewis to McAtee, McAtee inside to De Bruyne, De Bruyne steps in, De Bruyne! Oh, he drilled it over, great position, hit it with power, rose over the bar, and the ball goes into the box, and O'Reilly goes in there, and he plays it across, and De Bruyne helps it on, and Kovacic hits it in, and City lead by 3 goals to 2! What a turnaround, what a start to the second half, Mateo Kovacic, City 3, Crystal Palace 2, a breathtaking match, and it's just got even better. What a start to the second half, and it's a goal of real quality, in the way that O'Reilly cuts the ball back to De Bruyne, and then Kevin De Bruyne, with amazing awareness of what's around him. O'Reilly takes off, he breaks the offside trap, I think it's the left-sided centre-half that's playing him on. Henderson's long ball to McAtee, McAtee's on the end of it, and he's got around Henderson, and McAtee round the outside, a 4-2 City! Henderson with another assist, and McAtee has just taken part in the most sensational celebration, like a gymnast, he's spawning mid-air! Ali, incredibly, City push up to the halfway line, thinking that City are just going to try and play out for their own half, they literally fall asleep, they've just switched off for a second, and McAtee now might, just might well be offside. Yeah, he could be, he might be offside, they're going to check it, at the moment we're celebrating 4-2, but VAR have got to clear this, McAtee, oh, it's so tight, I think we might be back to 3-2, no, he's given it, he's given it, the referee's given it! You just never know, dear, these days. Kovacic now, into the gap for Lewis, Lewis gets away from Hughes, prods it to Niko, Niko on to McAtee, on the right-hand side, into the box goes McAtee, little clip over the top, up towards Gundogan, hit by O'Reilly! Crystal Palace 2, Niko O'Reilly, with a side-foot volley, and if there was any lingering doubt, that has gone, the Blues have the points, a wonderful comeback victory. And what a fabulous, technically left-foot strike from O'Reilly, good control possession, worked the ball, and when it comes into the vicinity of O'Reilly, opens up, side-foot volley, beautifully placed into the corner, but what a wonderful finish. It's his first ever, yeah, it was, I was going to say, it's his first ever Premier League goal, Clyde, but it did have a little help on the way, but let's not take anything away from the young fella. Whether or not he's officially going to be named man of the match, we're not sure, but for me and Clyde, he has been the biggest contributor, and his family are all applauding him, as he makes his way off the field. Absolutely sensational. Kevin De Bruyne at his best. Well, the Blues fans won't have many more opportunities to stand and applaud the great man. He was outstanding today. And there goes the full-time whistle. At the end of a quite breathtaking football match, and one which City have come from behind to win in style. A quite brilliant football match. City back into the top four. They've beaten Crystal Palace by five goals to two.