Manchester City pulled off a breathtaking comeback at the Etihad Stadium, overturning a two-goal deficit to crush Crystal Palace 5–2 in their latest Premier League encounter.

The visitors stunned the home crowd early on, racing into a shock 0–2 lead within the opening 20 minutes. But as often is the case with Pep Guardiola’s side, the response was emphatic and ruthless.

Kevin De Bruyne sparked the turnaround with a trademark strike to make it 1–2, before Omar Marmoush drew the hosts level before half-time. In the second half, it was one-way traffic as Mateo Kovačić, James McAtee, and Matt O’Riley all found the net to seal a dominant victory for the defending champions.

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Manchester City - Crystal Palace 5:2 (2:2)
Goals: Eze, 8 (0:1); Richards Chr., 21 (0:2); De Bruyne, 33 (1:2); Marmoush, 36 (2:2); Kovacic M., 47 (3:2); Mcatee, 56 (4:2); O'Reilly, 79 (5:2)

Manchester City: Ederson (Ortega S., 71); Dias R.; Gvardiol; Lewis R.; Kovacic M. (Grealish, 87); Nico González; De Bruyne (Doku J., 87); Gundogan; Mcatee (Sávio Moreira, 82); O'Reilly; Marmoush (Bobb, 82)
Bench: Vitor Reis; Khusanov; Bernardo Silva; Matheus Nunes
Yellow Cards: Nico González 40; Mcatee 68

Crystal Palace: Henderson D.; Mitchell T. (Chilwell, 63); Lacroix M. (Clyne, 63); Muñoz D.; Richards Chr.; Sarr Is.; Lerma; Eze (França, 80); Wharton A. (Devenny, 80); Kamada; Mateta (Hughes W., 46)
Bench: Matthews Remi; Ward; Kporha; Umeh-Chibueze
Yellow Cards: Kamada 32; Lacroix M. 54; Lerma 94