In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the Blue Moon Army Manchester City, which won away from Portugal Sports by 5 goals, locked a place in the Champions League quarterfinals for itself early, and after returning to its home stadium in the second leg, Manchester City did not go all out and began to prepare for the White-hot Stage of the Premier League title battle, and in the twenty-ninth round of the Premier League, the Blue Moon Army challenged Crystal Palace away, before the start of this game, Crystal Palace temporarily ranked eleventh in the standings, and has entered a state of no desire, But they are not willing to give up this game, still want to give the leader a heavy blow at home, in the first leg of the two teams, Crystal Palace away once won 2 goals against Manchester City, which also gave them a certain advantage in the psychological level, in this revenge battle, Manchester City although in the scene occupies a clear advantage, but wasted the excellent scoring opportunity again and again, and finally the two teams fought for 90 minutes without success, Crystal Palace home 0-0 draw with the powerful leader Manchester City, And Liverpool, who won this round, became the biggest winner!
Before the start of this round of the league, Manchester City only lost 3 games in the first twenty-eight league games, one of which was due to Crystal Palace, in order to be able to successfully avenge and continue to maintain their advantage in the standings, the Blue Moon Army Manchester City launched a tidal attack towards the Crystal Palace goal at the beginning of the game, only in the first half of the away game Manchester City completed 13 shots on goal, but under the double influence of the attacking players and crystal palace's full defense, Manchester City only had 4 shots on goal in the half.
In the first half of the game, City's closest chance to shoot came in the 28th minute, When Cancelo suddenly got up on the perimeter to attack the goal, the angle was very tricky, but the bad luck hit the upright and was bounced into the room, and Laporta shot in the penalty area without the interference of defenders, and fired an anti-aircraft cannon to help the opponent defuse the crisis!
After the start of the second half, Manchester City still attacked around the Crystal Palace goal, but the Blue Moon Army's luck in this battle was not good, in the 57th minute their cooperation on the left side penetrated the opponent's defense, De Bruyne's low shot was popped up on the goalpost, and Mahrez's follow-up shot was too powerful, an anti-aircraft cannon helped the opponent successfully break the siege, in the 71st minute Manchester City once again missed a great chance to score, De Bruyne took the ball on the right and gave it directly to Mr. Glaales, who inserted it. The latter broke through to the bottom line and crossed the goal, but the enveloping Bernardo Silva was not able to score the ball, watching the ball slide through the goal, in the final moments of the game, a header in the Laporte penalty area who missed a good opportunity in the first half, did not eat the right part, was steadily defused by the Crystal Palace goalkeeper, saw the player's offensive end continue to waste opportunities, but also let guardiola on the sidelines show an incredible expression!
Unbeaten in a single season against Manchester City with 1 win and 1 draw, Crystal Palace was ridiculed by many fans as Liverpool's most thankful person, after the end of this league game, Manchester City only led Liverpool by 4 points in the case of one more game, officially announcing that this season's Premier League title battle has entered a white-hot bayonet stage, which team can laugh to the end, let's wait and see!