0-0, Manchester City away was forced to draw by the bitter lord Crystal Palace, in the key moment of the Premier League title race, finally dropped the chain, in the case of 1 round more than Liverpool, the lead is only 4 points, the two sides in the remaining games, there is a direct dialogue, the Premier League title situation has become very delicate.
Interestingly, in recent seasons, no matter how well Manchester City has performed, Crystal Palace has always been able to play the bitter lord of Manchester City, and in the 2017-2018 season, Manchester City once achieved an impressive record of 18 consecutive wins, however, it was the away meeting with Crystal Palace that Manchester City exchanged white papers with their opponents 0-0, and the winning streak was ended.
In the 2018-2019 season, Manchester City lost 2-3 at home to Crystal Palace in the Christmas Devils schedule, and the point gap was once widened by Liverpool by 7 or 8 points, which also brewed an extremely thrilling season in which the final one-point narrowly beat Liverpool to win the championship; in the 2019-2020 season, Manchester City shook hands with Crystal again at home; this season, the first leg of the two sides met, and Manchester City lost 0-2 at home.
Every time they meet, Crystal Palace has caused great trouble for Manchester City, so why can Crystal Palace repeatedly play the role of Manchester City's killer?
The main reason is the match in the style of play, we may wish to take the previous tottenham victory over Manchester City as an example, it may not be difficult to find the hint, Manchester City's way of playing is to besiege the city high to win more possession for their own side, which means that Manchester City's overall formation has to be very high, and this style of play is in the middle of the squat type team, and there are fast and unreasonable players in the front court.
Crystal Palace's Zaha is such a player, if Tottenham Hotspur mainly rely on the cooperation of Sun Kailian, then Zaha alone is enough to turn Manchester City's defense upside down.
Lost points on Crystal Palace, for Manchester City's prospects for winning the title will obviously be a shadow, according to the original points situation, we calculate according to the most extreme situation, if Liverpool later games to achieve a full victory, Manchester City in addition to losing to Liverpool also won a full victory, then the two sides have the same points, there is a chance to compete for the goal difference, and now Manchester City only has a road to Huashan, and liverpool matches, the premise is that it must not be lost, the fault tolerance rate has dropped not a star and a half.
Liverpool, who are desperately chasing points, have obviously received a big gift in the air, and the rest of the game, I believe that confidence will be more sufficient, after all, the gap between the two sides once reached 11 points, and now Liverpool as long as they win the midweek and Arsenal make-up matches, the point gap with Manchester City will be only 1 point, and the Premier League title situation will reach a real white-hot.