Kevin De Bruyne scored four goals to take Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City four points from the Premier League title as they won 5-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
City’s midfield maestro had completed his hat-trick with just 24 minutes on the clock, added another on the hour and Raheem Sterling scored a late fifth to cap a memorable night.
Kevin De Bruyne’s 17-minute hat-trick was the third fastest in Premier League history from the start of a game.
Manchester City’s third goal against Wolves made Pep Guardiola’s side the top scorers of all Europe’s top five major leagues so far this season.
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The Belgian put Manchester City ahead in the seventh minute and, although his countryman Leander Dendoncker levelled, the Manchester City star promptly completed the third-quickest hat-trick from the start of a Premier League match.
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De Bruyne restored the visitors’ lead in the 16th minute and then scored a stunner in the 24th minute, beating players to move into space outside the box and then firing into the bottom-left corner.
.@DeBruyneKev sealing his hat-trick in style! 🎯#ManCity pic.twitter.com/Uj9G6cBZlI
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 11, 2022
De Bruyne went on to hit a fourth in the second half, before Raheem Sterling tapped home.
The best bits from our huge win at Molineux 💪
Which goal was your favourite? 👇#ManCity pic.twitter.com/vLnWnNKdaq
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 11, 2022
Manchester City have moved three points ahead of Liverpool at the top of the table on 89 points with two matches remaining, while Wolves stay eighth on 50 points.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said ,”Two weeks left, it was a brilliant performance from all the players. All of them. They implemented our movement perfectly and made good runs for the people upfront. We were good. It’s an important victory.
The way Kevin is playing in the last 2 or 3 months has been outstanding.
He has been our key man in the last part of the season. It’s not just what he created and the goals, it’s everything.
He helps us a lot. Kevin always has the sense of the assist; he is so generous.
He always thinks of the team. This year is his most prolific in this sense.
We were exceptional. We made a really good performance.
We played really well in this stadium; we know how difficult it is.
Yeah, (it is) three more points. Rest now and then West Ham.”
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