Wolves 1-5 Man City: De Bruyne nets FOUR as City move 3 points clear at the top

Manchester City are now three points clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table with just two games remaining, after a 5-1 win away at Wolves.

Match Report

Pep Guardiola's side had Kevin de Bruyne to thank for a left-footed first-half hat-trick at Molineux and a fourth in the second half, to give themselves breathing room at the summit of England's top flight.

City got off to the perfect start when Bernardo Silva set up De Bruyne for his first, a strike across Jose Sa into the bottom corner.

But they were quickly pegged back as Pedro Neto cut the ball back to Leandro Dendoncker who slotted home the equaliser.

However, De Bruyne was a man on a mission and swiftly put City back ahead after Sa's fumble fell kindly into his path.

The third was pure brilliance, with the Belgian lashing home from outside the area with his weaker foot to seal the hat-trick.

On the hour-mark, the same player would score again, this time with his right. Phil Foden's cross was cleared only as far as De Bruyne who buried the finish and seal the game once and for all.

Raheem Sterling then added a fifth for City on 84 minutes from close range.

City are now three points ahead of Jurgen Klopp's men with two games left, as well as a far superior goal difference to their rivals.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

6' GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Man City (De Bruyne)

10' GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Man City (Dendoncker)

15' GOAL! Wolves 1-2 Man City (De Bruyne)

23' GOAL! Wolves 1-3 Man City (De Bruyne)

27' Rodri's long shot over the bar

45' De Bruyne's long shot wide out

47' OFFSIDE! Sterling’s goal disallowed

57' Ederson makes good chance

59' GOAL! Wolves 1-4 Man City (De Bruyne)

67' CHANCE! Foden hits the post

76' CLOSE! Sterling misses a great chance!

83' GOAL! Wolves 1-5 Man City (Sterling)

Line-ups

Wolves XI: Moutinho, Boly, Coady, Jimenez, Dendoncker, Castro, Jose Sa, Neves, Pedro Neto, R. Aït Nouri, Chiquinho

Subs: Ruddy, Marcal, Hwang Hee-Chan, Trincão, Fábio Silva, Hoever, Cundle, Toti Gomes, Y. Mosquera

Man City XI: Fernandinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sterling, Cancelo, Laporte, Ederson, Zinchenko, Bernardo, Rodri, Foden

Subs: Mahrez, Ake, Grealish, Z. Steffen, Jesus, C. Palmer, CJ Egan-Riley, Luke Mbete-Tabu, R. Lavia