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Crystal Palace vs Man City LIVE: Result and final score as champions held after Rico Lewis red card

Follow all the action from Selhurst Park

Luke Baker
Saturday 07 December 2024 11:57 EST
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Follow live coverage as Crystal Palace face Manchester City today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.

Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

OFF THE POST! Gundogan goes inches away from levelling the score! It is a wonderful strike from outside the box, as he volleys a dropping ball. The hit was fired towards the bottom right corner but struck the woodwork.

7 December 2024 15:25

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

HUGE CHANCE! Eze had a great chance to put Palace two ahead! The ball found him as he slipped past the City defence, but he took far too many touches before striking his shot and it eventually got blocked. The flag went up for offside afterwards, so it would’ve been chalked off initially anyway.

7 December 2024 15:23

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Palace come forward again through Eze and Sarr and get inside the City box. Eze’s low-driven cross was blocked well by Dias, and Palace have their first corner.

7 December 2024 15:21

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

De Bruyne and Haaland link up well in the final third, but as the former’s pass was played through, Haaland forgot to bring the ball with him and the Palace defence cleared. The danger is there to see, however.

7 December 2024 15:19

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Palace are now having a period of sustained possession for themselves. They are happy to knock the ball around their backline and Henderson and wait for an opportunity to break out.

7 December 2024 15:18

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Eze clipped a curling ball into the box, towards Mateta who had made a reverse run. Unfortunately for them both, the cross was overhit and Mateta couldn’t rise high enough to divert it.

7 December 2024 15:15

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Nunes is played in down the left side, but his searching cross into the box found nobody. Savinho collected the ball on the opposite side of the box and laid it off to Gundogan, whose shot was blocked by Guehi.

7 December 2024 15:13

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Manchester City have a large share of the possession now, as they ponder on how to break down the Palace team who have gone ahead early.

7 December 2024 15:11

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

Henderson is back up on his feet, and the game is under way again. That Haaland chance will certainly be a wake up call.

7 December 2024 15:10

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

CHANCE! Haaland is through on goal and tries to sweep a left-footed shot into the net, but Henderson closes the angle superbly and blocks the shot to keep his side ahead. He is now down injured after the save.

7 December 2024 15:08

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