Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne hit the net four times in a midfield masterclass that saw his side move within four points of the title following a 5-1 thrashing of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Wednesday.

Pep Guardiola's men are now in a commanding position to win their fourth Premier League crown in five years, with two games remaining.

The Belgian put the game to bed with a hat trick in a devastating 18-minute spell in the first half, before notching a fourth after the break as the away fans alternated between chanting "Kevin De Bruyne" and "Champions of England."

The win leaves Pep Guardiola's side top on 89 points, three ahead of Liverpool whom they also lead on goal difference, with the title now firmly in their sights.

A second consecutive Premier League title would assuage disappointment at its Champions League exit, after City fell in the semis and Liverpool reached the final.

At Molineux, De Bruyne scored the third earliest hat trick in Premier League history and his first for Manchester City.

For the first goal, he began the move before running on to Bernardo Silva's return pass for a sumptuously-placed finish in the seventh minute. De Bruyne smashed in a rebound for his second in the 16th minute, before deploying his supposedly weaker left foot for a glorious curler from the edge of the box in the 24th.

"The third goal was my favorite. I think that strike is the cleanest. I hit it really hard in the corner. Out of the three, that was the purest," he said.

"When you score four goals, it's always something special. It should have been five to be honest!" he added, lamenting that a late strike hit the post.

'Unstoppable, Perfect'

No strangers to upsetting Premier League big boys, Wolves had briefly threatened when Leander Dendoncker made it 1-1 after a flowing break, before De Bruyne stole the show.

He scored a fourth from close range in the 60th minute, before teammate Raheem Sterling completed another easy win for City with his 84th-minute goal.

Guardiola was purring at his midfielder, praising him for both creating and scoring so many goals for Manchester City in recent years. "Unstoppable, brilliant, awesome, outstanding, perfect," he said.

Manchester City plays West Ham away and then Aston Villa at home in its remaining two Premier League fixtures, with one win and a draw guaranteeing the title.

Liverpool has an FA Cup final against Chelsea on Saturday before facing Southampton away and Wolves at home in their last two league matches.

Defeat left Wolves in the eighth position on 50 points.

"When you have players like De Bruyne, who can always change the game, you can have a strategy, but when it comes to players like this, they can score four goals and finish the game," said Wolves first-team coach Carlos Cachada.

"With that performance, we can do nothing about it."

Clinical Chelsea

Wednesday's other match saw Chelsea move to the brink of qualifying for next season's Champions League with a 3-0 victory at struggling Leeds.

Thomas Tuchel's side won for the first time since Todd Boehly's consortium agreed a deal to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich last week.

Mason Mount opened the scoring in the early stages at Elland Road and Leeds suffered another blow when Daniel James was sent off.

Christian Pulisic bagged Chelsea's second goal after halftime and Romelu Lukaku wrapped up the Blues' first win in four games.

Third-placed Chelsea is now eight points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham and will be guaranteed a top-four finish if Antonio Conte's team fails to beat fourth-placed Arsenal on Thursday.