Manchester City survived a few early scares before eventually coasting to a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday, led once again by goal-scoring extraordinaire Erling Haaland.
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Haaland scored the opener with a looping header in the 41st minute and put the game to bed from the penalty spot in the 89th. In between, Rayan Cherki set up Phil Foden for one of the mesmerizing goals that have become the norm for Pep Guardiola’s side of late. Man City (34 points) have scored three or more goals in six of their last seven Premier League games (6W-0D-1L) and are still just two points behind leaders Arsenal in the title race.
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The defeat is particularly momentum-sapping for Palace because they were the ones who had the chances to be 3-0 up in the first half, but Yeremy Pino couldn’t take any of his chances early on and, inevitably, Haaland will. Oliver Glasner’s side (26 points) slips to 5th in the PL table and the Eagles lost three points of ground on all four of the sides above them this weekend. Such is life among the top of the top, where Palace have done so well to position themselves.
What’s next?
- Manchester City vs Brentford — Wednesday, 2:30 pm ET (League Cup QF)
- Crystal Palace vs KuPS — Thursday, 3 pm ET (Europa Conference League)
- Manchester City vs West Ham — Saturday, 10 am ET (next PL fixture)
- Leeds vs Crystal Palace — Saturday, 3 pm ET (next PL fixture)
Crystal Palace vs Man City live updates - by Andy Edwards
Crystal Palace vs Man City final score: 0-3
Goalscorers: Erling Haaland (41', 89' - PK), Phil Foden (69')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-3 Man City: Haaland puts the game to bed from the penalty spot (89')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City: Foden fires home to double the lead (69')
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City: Haaland loops a header back across goal (41')
Crystal Palace lineup
Henderson - Richards, Lacroix, Guehi - Clyne, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell - Sarr, Pino; Mateta
Manchester City lineup
Donnarumma - Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly - Gonzalez, Silva, Foden, Reijnders, Cherki - Haaland
How to watch Crystal Palace vs Manchester City live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 9am ET Sunday
Venue: Selhurst Park — South London
TV Channel: NBCSN
Streaming: Watch live on Peacock
Crystal Palace team news, focus
OUT: Daniel Munoz (knee), Caleb Kporha (back), Cheick Doucoure (knee), Rio Cardines (adductor) | QUESTIONABLE: Chadi Riad (knee), Borna Sosa (leg), Ismaila Sarr (ankle), Jean-Philippe Mateta (knee), Jaydee Canvot (illness)
Manchester City team news, focus
OUT: Mateo Kovacic (ankle), Rodri (hamstring - MORE) | QUESTIONABLE: John Stones (unspecified)
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City preview
City open the weekend two points back of Arsenal and boasting a three-match league winning streak as well as a midweek defeat of Real Madrid in Spain. They’ve done it with a red-hot Phil Foden, who has five goals in the aforementioned three PL wins.
Palace started the season red-hot before slumping but are officially out of a disappointing Premier League run, 4-1-1 in their last six matches including back-to-back away wins over Burnley and Fulham. Now they’ll hunt their first home PL win in three tries, and it will have to come against a very difficult team. Palace did cruise past Shelbourne 3-0 in the UEFA Conference League, though the Irish hosts remain winless in that competition this season.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City prediction
This asks a lot of Palace, and it’s difficult to pick them at home knowing that Daniel Munoz will not be available for this one. Erling Haaland feels due for a Premier League goal, and that may be on the menu Sunday. Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City.
