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Premier League: Kevin De Bruyne inspires Man City in Palace comeback win, Arsenal held by Brentford

Manchester City orchestrated a stunning comeback, defeating Crystal Palace 5-2, fueled by Kevin De Bruyne's exceptional performance in his final season. After Palace took an early 2-0 lead, De Bruyne's goal ignited City's resurgence. Further goals from Marmoush, Kovacic, McAtee, and O'Reilly secured the victory.
Premier League: Kevin De Bruyne inspires Man City in Palace comeback win, Arsenal held by Brentford
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, center, celebrates scoring his side's first goal. (AP Photo)
Kevin De Bruyne led Manchester City to a remarkable 5-2 comeback victory against Crystal Palace, while Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Brentford helped Liverpool move closer to the Premier League title on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium. De Bruyne, in his first home appearance since announcing his departure from Manchester City, orchestrated the turnaround after Palace had taken a 2-0 lead.
Crystal Palace started strongly, with Eberechi Eze converting Ismaila Sarr's pass before Chris Richards doubled their lead with a header from a corner in the first 20 minutes.
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Palace nearly made it 3-0, but Eze's goal was disallowed for offside before De Bruyne initiated City's comeback. De Bruyne scored from a free-kick off the post and then set up Omar Marmoush's equaliser just three minutes later.
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City dominated the second half, with De Bruyne assisting Mateo Kovacic's goal in the 47th minute to complete the turnaround.

Goalkeeper Ederson recorded his fourth Premier League assist of the season for James McAtee's goal, before Nico O'Reilly added the fifth.
"The performance of Kevin -- as he has done for many, many years in many, many games -- he played fantastic," said City boss Pep Guardiola. "He helped us to break this momentum that was not good."
The victory moved City back into the top four, with the top five Premier League teams qualifying for the Champions League this season due to English clubs' strong European performances.
Arsenal's title hopes suffered a setback as they drew 1-1 with Brentford, leaving them 10 points behind Liverpool.
Manager Mikel Arteta rested key players Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, and Mikel Merino ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid.
Thomas Partey opened the scoring for Arsenal after being set up by Declan Rice following a Brentford corner.
Brentford equalised through Yoane Wissa's 16th goal of the season, finishing off Nathan Collins' header from Michael Kayode's cross.
"We play every three days and are used to it, so there is not an excuse of energy," said Arteta. "We had full control of the game and conceded a very poor goal. It was not good enough."
Liverpool could secure their record-equalling 20th English top-flight title next weekend if they win their next two matches and Arsenal lose at Ipswich.
Nottingham Forest's Champions League aspirations took a hit after losing 1-0 to Everton, their second consecutive defeat.
Abdoulaye Doucoure's 94th-minute winner gave Everton their first victory in seven games.
Aston Villa moved within three points of Forest and into the top five after defeating relegated Southampton 3-0.
Substitute Ollie Watkins scored with a spectacular volley from Youri Tielemans' pass, while Donyell Malen continued his scoring streak with his third goal in three league games.
Marco Asensio missed two penalties for Villa, both saved by Aaron Ramsdale, but John McGinn scored from the rebound of the second spot-kick.
Leicester City ended their goal drought and nine-game losing streak with a 2-2 draw at Brighton, though the result did little to improve their survival chances.

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