{"id":186,"date":"2026-08-28T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/?p=186"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:30:55","slug":"haaland-and-cherki-brace-as-manchester-city-thrash-crystal-palace-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Haaland and Cherki Brace as Manchester City Thrash Crystal Palace 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester City produced an impressive attacking display to beat Crystal Palace 4-1, with Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki both scoring twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haaland opened the scoring in the 17th minute, giving City an early advantage and setting the tone for a dominant performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cherki doubled City&#8217;s lead in the 54th minute before Palace pulled one back through an own goal by Donnarumma in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City quickly restored their two-goal advantage when Cherki found the net again in the 59th minute, completing his brace and putting the visitors firmly in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haaland then sealed the victory with his second goal of the match in the 84th minute, completing a memorable individual performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 4-1 result underlined City&#8217;s attacking strength, with Haaland and Cherki proving decisive in front of goal. Palace struggled to contain City&#8217;s pressure as Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side comfortably secured all three points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001430241-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001430241-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001430241-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001430241-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001430241.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City\u26bd Donnarumma (OG) 56&#8242; | Haaland 17&#8242;, 84&#8242; | Cherki 54&#8242;, 59&#8242;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >Manchester City produced an impressive attacking display to beat Crystal Palace 4-1, with Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki both scoring twice. Haaland opened the scoring in the 17th minute, giving City an early advantage and setting the tone for a dominant performance. Cherki doubled City&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}