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08/28 16:17 CDT Man City overrun Palace to stay perfect in the Premier League
Man City overrun Palace to stay perfect in the Premier League
LONDON (AP) --- Rayan Cherki scored two goals in five minutes and Erling
Haaland also got a brace as Manchester City won at Crystal Palace 4-1 to
maintain its perfect start to the Premier League on Friday.
Haaland, the league top goal-scorer last season, opened his account after 17
minutes with a neat header.
Cherki doubled the visitor's lead early in the second half when he danced
through a nest of players and poked the ball home from close range.
However, Palace reduced the deficit almost immediately when Yeremy Pino's
superb free kick hit the bar and then rebounded into the net off the despairing
back of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Cherki, though, was in devastating form and restored City's two-goal advantage
two minutes later when his deflected shot from just outside the box
wrong-footed keeper Dean Henderson.
It was the first brace of his Premier League career.
Haaland rounded off the scoring with a left-footed strike six minutes from time
and City was on top of the league with six points from its first two games.
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