Unleashed De Bruyne, City blasts towards new title, Chelsea almost certain of Champions League | Foreign football

De Bruyne scored his first three goals with his ‘weaker’ left leg. It was his first hat-trick for the Belgian since he scored three times on behalf of AA Gent against Club Brugge on 29 October 2011. Tonight he scored his first hat-trick in the Premier League against Wolves. Especially with the third goal (in the 24th(!) minute) De Bruyne showed his class. The City playmaker dribbled in from the right wing and shot with the left from the edge of the penalty area into the far corner. City’s fifth goal came five minutes from time to Raheem Sterling.

De Bruyne increased his goal total to fifteen. He passed Sterling (thirteen goals) as Manchester City’s top scorer this season. The Belgian was the second City player to score four times in a league game. In 2011, Edin Dzeko succeeded against Tottenham Hotspur (5-1).

With two games to go, the team of coach Pep Guardiola has three points more than closest pursuer Liverpool. Manchester City’s goal difference is also significantly better after tonight (+72 at +65), which means that City will probably also be champions if they lose again and finish on the same number of points as Liverpool.

The away game at West Ham United is scheduled for Sunday for City, after which the competition will conclude on May 22 with the home game against Aston Villa. Liverpool will play the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday evening. In the competition, the matches against Southampton (away) and Wolves (home) then await. Liverpool will then close the season on Saturday 28 May with the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Paris. Virgil van Dijk’s team still has a chance of winning four prizes, but then two finals will have to be won and City will have to make two more mistakes.

Chelsea are one step closer to playing in the Champions League next season. The club from London won 0-3 at low-flying Leeds United.

Chelsea are third on 70 points with two games to play, eight more than number five Tottenham Hotspur. The Spurs have three games left to play. The numbers 3 and 4 of the Premier League will qualify for the most important European club tournament next season. Manchester City and Liverpool are already sure of that.

Enforcement is becoming increasingly difficult for Leeds. The team is in eighteenth place with 34 points and will be relegated if they stay there. Burnley also has 34 points, but has played one game less and a better goal difference.

Mason Mount scored for Chelsea in the fourth minute. He got the ball back from Reece James and was able to shoot hard unhindered. Leeds, where Pascal Struijk played the entire match, had to continue with ten men halfway through the first half. Daniel James was shown a red card for a hard foul on Mateo Kovacic.

In the second half, Christian Pulisic put Chelsea 2-0. He fired into the left corner. Romelu Lukaku scored the third goal in the final phase.

Trainer Frank Lampard took a point with Everton at the already relegated Watford: 0-0. Everton, where Donny van de Beek was missing due to injury, is on 36 points, two points more than Leeds and Burnley. In addition, the club from Liverpool has played one game less. Everton still plays at home against Brentford (Sunday) and Crystal Palace (next Thursday), after which the competition will conclude with the away game at Arsenal on Sunday 22 May.

Leicester City won 3-0 against last-placed Norwich City, which has also already been relegated. Jamie Vardy scored twice after the break, James Maddison scored the third.