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.
Predicted line-ups
How will the two sides line up tonight? Here are two possible XIs:
Crystal Palace: Guaita; Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Kouyate, Schlupp, Gallagher; Olise, Mateta, Zaha
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko; Rodri, Bernardo, De Bruyne; Grealish, Foden, Mahrez
Team news
Joao Cancelo is a doubt for Manchester City after missing their midweek draw with Sporting Lisbon due to illness. Ruben Dias remains out while Nathan Ake is also an injury doubt.
Crystal Palace are likely to be without Joel Ward and James MacArthur but Patrick Vieira could name an unchanged team from last weekend’s win over Wolves.
Crystal Palace vs Man City
Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Crystal Palace versus Manchester City. The result of tonight’s Premier League clash could have big implications at the top of the table as City look to move six-points clear of second-placed Liverpool. The Reds trail the league leaders by just three points and with a game against Arsenal coming up on Wednesday they could catch Pep Guardiola’s men if they were to lose to Palace this evening.
Manchester City head into the match in good form though after sweeping aside rivals Manchester United 4-1 in their most recent league game. Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both scored twice for City as they bullied United around the pitch at the Etihad Stadium.
However, Crystal Palace are no pushovers. They defeated Man City 2-0 away from home earlier in the season - after goals from Conor Gallagher and Wilfried Zaha – and are unbeaten in their last four games across all competitions. Zaha scored a penalty for Palace in their previous match against Wolves, securing three points after Jean-Philippe Mateta had sent the Eagles in front in the first half.
Can Palace repeat their performance from the Etihad and shock Man City again or will Pep Guardiola’s men pick up the points they need to stay ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League table?
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