Manchester City came from two goals down to beat Crystal Palace 5-2 at Al Ittihad Stadium and move to the first four places.
Eberechi Eze and Chris Richards Palace's goals were put early in the match with another EZE removed from the offside that would have gave the Oliver Glasner team three goals. As it was, Man City gathered well to turn the game on her head.
Kevin de Bruyne recorded an impressive free kick for one withdrawing one and criticized Omar Marmoush in second place shortly after. Mateo Kovacic 77 seconds after restarting against James Makati, at his first league start in City, four.
The fifth came when Niko Urieli, another academy graduate, saw that he was happy with his first goal in the Premier League. Glasner will be frustrated by the ease of Captain Mark Joy's palace, but was not defeated in 2025 in 2025, in the end.
Their fees on the table suffers from a setback with this defeat, and their focus may turn to the FA Cup now and the tempting possibility to restore a possible match for the city in the final. As for Guardiola, this victory moves them in two points of Nottingham Forest in third place.
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From the perspective of the city, the catalyst was undoubtedly a re -reinforcement. The atmosphere was tense when he stood above that free kick with his second team and left his teammates. With one of the famous right shoes, the mood turns.
He participated in the second goal and established the third, as he was in the advanced role that was granted in the absence of Erling Haland with Marmoush on a large scale. At thirty -three years old, he exceeded his peak. But the city will still be lost in the big moments.
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The game depends on the moment when Iz believed to have put a 3-0 palace. The England player dismantled the chapter, and ended with APLomb, but he will definitely frustrate that leaving City from the hook because there was no great reason for him in infiltration.
The city was widely open, and its operation was held, so it would have made a big difference in the result. This will be sorry Glasner but Guardiola's concern. Came that City's play was offensive, this was a worrying defensive show on his part.
It was not long before, Guardiola decided to link four natural central defenders across the back line the best way to succeed, but with Manuel Akanji, John Stones and Nathan Ak, he relied on two young Dahr.
Rico Lewis and Urieli have many talents, but they were often placed in a high position on the field and the protection was not present for Robin Dias and JOSCO Ghafardol. However, the simplicity that Richards nodded from an angle indicates that the issues work deeper.
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