United had received their earlier three video games on the Etihad Stadium in all competitions however, with out the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, they had been 5 minutes behind with an in depth vary strike from De Bruyne.
After Jadon Sancho quickly leveled towards his former membership, De Bruyne struck a second to place City forward earlier than half-time after which set Mahrez for an outstanding second-half City third.
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United had been beforehand unbeaten in 11 video games in regular time in all competitions however conceded a fourth when Mahrez doubled their tally late, seeing City give themselves some respiration room on the prime, regardless that Liverpool maintain a recreation in hand and should but to journey to the Etihad subsequent month.
De Bruyne had loads of area to drill Bernardo Silva’s low go away from David de Gea early on, with the Belgium worldwide scoring his fiftieth objective within the competitors.
United in any other case obtained off to a constructive begin, regardless of additionally being with out Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw and Edinson Cavani, and so they had been degree with 22 minutes performed.
Sancho was performed into area by Paul Pogba and minimize inside earlier than sending a scrumptious curling end previous Ederson from the sting of the 18-yard field.
City regained their lead simply six minutes later via De Bruyne, who exploded after Phil Foden’s preliminary shot was effectively saved by De Gea and never handled by United defenders.
De Bruyne was once more implicated when Mahrez was chosen from a volley nook in a 3rd objective for City, and the Algeria worldwide accomplished the scoring within the ninetieth minute with one other clear end after VAR dominated that Alex Telles had performed it subsequent.