Crystal Palace vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Bernardo Silva misses sitter
Follow the reaction as Pep Guardiola’s men seek to claim all three points at Selhurst Park
Manchester City gave Liverpool further hope in the English Premier League title race on Monday by stumbling against Crystal Palace for the second time this season. A 0-0 draw at an atmospheric Selhurst Park extended City’s lead to four points but second-placed Liverpool has a game in hand in its quest to reclaim the title from Pep Guardiola’s team. The top two also meet at City’s Etihad Stadium on April 10. Palace has taken four points off City this season, having beaten the champions 2-0 away on Oct. 30 — the last time they failed to score in the league. Joao Cancelo and Kevin De Bruyne struck the post for City in a match that was mostly one-way traffic except for some sporadic — and dangerous — counterattacks from Palace, mirroring what happened in the meeting of the teams at the Etihad 4 1/2 months ago. Arguably the best chance of the game fell to City midfielder Bernardo Silva, who somehow managed to prod a shot wide from barely two meters out following Jack Grealish’s low center across the face of goal. While Liverpool has won its last eight games in the league, City has dropped points in three of its last seven outings — after a 1-1 draw at Southampton in January and a 3-2 loss at home to Tottenham last month.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
48 min: Bernardo attacks down the left and finds Grealish outside him, but the winger loses the ball with a misplaced pass and Palace countern – until Rodri’s foul kills the break on the halfway line.
HT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
This would have been some goal had De Bruyne steered home Cancelo’s high pass.
HT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
Half-time: City created several openings but Palace fought hard to keep the scores level. De Bruyne, Cancelo and Mahrez all went close but no breakthrough yet. A big half to come for both sides, and for the title race.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
45 min: Close! Mahrez picks up a headed clearance and fires towards the top corner from the edge of the box, but his shot curls just wide and against the stanchion.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
43 min: Kouyate is booked for chopping down De Bruyne as City try to break.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
38 min: Palace again catch City out as the champions try to play from the back. They work it to Zaha on the left who cuts inside and fires a shot just off target. These counter-attacks are infrequent but have looked threatening when they come.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
35 min: De Bruyne concedes a free-kick in the centre of the pitch after a bump into Gallagher’s back, and that’s a nice moment for Palace to take a breather after a helter-skelter few minutes of chasing their visitors.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
This was the moment Bernardo Silva pounced on a loose ball fumbled by Guaita, but he couldn’t convert the golden chance.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City
27 min: Cancelo sends a perfectly weight pass to a sprinting De Bruyne who almost crowns it with a fantastic goal, flicking the airborne ball goalwards first-time with the outside of his boot, only for Guaita to react well to save. A few moments later another piece of brilliance: Cancelo fires a long shot against the post! Laporte gets to the rebound but can’t control it and fires over with the goal semi-empty.
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