Fighting for the leadership of the English Championship, O Manchester City lost to Crystal Palace by 2-0, this Saturday, in the middle of Etihad Stadium. In your 200th game in Premier League, the coach Pep Guardiola, eliminated from the English League Cup last Wednesday, wasted the chance to take the 2nd place and touch the Chelsea, current leader.
With a much higher number of submissions than Palace during the match, the Cityzens show great difficulty to finish the goal efficiently, having several chances lost inside the penalty area. The duel started in a negative way for City right from the start, with forward Wilfried Zaha opening the scoring six minutes into the opening stage, in a quick counterattack set up by the visitors.
Even with the expulsion of defender Laporte, who received the red card directly 15 minutes into the second half, Manchester managed to tie the game with Gabriel Jesus. Despite the initial confirmation, the goal was checked by the VAR and the Brazilian striker’s offside position was pointed out.
The sequence of the match was of great pressure from City, which had the departures of De Bruyne and Grealish, but with clear chances for Crystal Palace as well. Supporting the attacking actions of the home team, the team led by former French player Patrick Vieira scored the goal that decreed victory in stoppage time, with Conor Gallagher finishing with precision in the left corner of goalkeeper Ederson.
With the defeat in front of their fans, Manchester City, which had its defense leaked playing at Etihad Stadium for the first time in the current edition of the championship, kept the 3rd place and saw the difference for the leader increase from two to five points. Crystal Palace, on the other hand, moved away from the relegation zone, moving up to 13th place in the table.
This Saturday’s round of the Premier League featured five more games. See the results:
Leicester 0 x 2 Arsenal
Burnley 3 x 1 Brentford
Liverpool 2 x 2 Brighton
Newcastle 0 x 3 Chelsea
Watford 0 x 1 Southhampton
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