Match Action： Manchester City 5-2 Crystal Palace

So the Etihad, the venue for what is always a tough away trip. Working the ball out towards the right hand side in behind is Ismail Asar. He's got a couple of options in the box. One of those players is Ezer. And on eight minutes, he makes absolutely no mistake. Just gliding the ball past Edison. Wharton takes this corner into the six yard box. It comes. The goalkeeper doesn't arrive. And Richards back in the side is able to just head home from close range. Just knocks it back to Kevin De Bruyne. De Bruyne looks to try and ride the challenge. He's been caught here by Kamada. De Bruyne has reduced the deficit 12 minutes before halftime. It's gone in off the post. And City are back in this game, into the path of Makati. Floats one towards the back post. It's headed back into the path of one, maybe two Manchester City players. And it's Marmouche who arrives 10 minutes before halftime and making no mistake. Pep Guardiola up on his feet. He's urging the City fans to make the noise. Here comes City again. That's a good cut back into the path of Kevin De Bruyne. He picks out Kovacic. And it's the dream start to the second half for Manchester City. It's only two minutes in and Kovacic finds the bottom corner and they're on the move again. The ball play forward towards Makati, looks to try and round the goalkeeper and slots it into the unguarded net. A goal on his Premier League debut, his first start for the club. It's not started in this competition. Is there going to be a crossing opportunity? It's just teased in. Away from danger it goes. But it's fell into the path of O'Reilly. It might well have taken a deflection on its way through. But all that matters is that O'Reilly has picked out the corner. There goes the full time whistle, a shake of hands from the two coaches. At one stage, Oliver Glasnutt would have been hoping and thinking that it might have yielded more.