Britain Soccer Football - Manchester City v Crystal Palace - Premier League - Etihad Stadium - 6/5/17 Manchester City's Raheem Sterling in action with Crystal Palace's Lee Chung-yong Action Images via Reuters / Jason Cairnduff
(Reuters) - Manchester City strengthened their Premier League top-four aspirations with a 5-0 thrashing of a woeful Crystal Palace side at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
City never looked back after David Silva's 50th goal for the club in the second minute although it was not until the second half that the floodgates opened with Vincent Kompany, Kevin de Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Otamendi all on target.
