On the evening of April 6, Beijing time, in the first match of the 32nd round of the English Premier League, Crystal Palace sat at home to face Manchester City, which is worth a total of 1.25 billion.
Although Manchester City won in the last round of the league, Liverpool and Arsenal also won. With all three teams playing together for 30 games, Manchester City, who are unbeaten in 24 games in all competitions, are three points behind Liverpool and remain in third place.
Just three minutes into the game, Manchester City were breached. Stones' pass was tackled and Palace launched a quick counter-attack on the spot, with Mateta's shot hitting the left-hand post and bouncing into the net to give Palace a dream start.
Manchester City, which was behind the score, pressed hard and attacked wildly, and the central defenders even pressed to the 30-meter area of Crystal Palace, and the possession rate was as high as 87% at one time, and the formation of Crystal Palace has been completely flattened.
In the 14th minute, Grealish broke through to the bottom line and chose to pass back, De Bruyne got rid of the penalty area laterally, and directly hit the goal, hitting a perfect corner, Manchester City quickly equalized.
The camera showed Guardiola, and Guardiola kept sending flying kisses, extremely satisfied with De Bruyne's goal.
In the 18th minute, City had an immediate chance to overtake the scoreline, and De Bruyne's pass even corrected Haaland's run. Haaland strode the meteor and created a one-on-one chance, but his last-ditch effort was blocked by Henderson with his legs.
After the equaliser, Manchester City continued to press Crystal Palace, and in the next 20 minutes, the possession reached 91%, but only one shot on goal was scoreless.
Palace did not give up on attacking entirely, and continued to strengthen their tackles up front, with Ayew stealing from Rodri in the 37th minute and blasting a shot into the crossbar and post as he advanced.
Perhaps because of the two-line operation, the Manchester City players who have started continuously do not seem to be in shape, their bodies are a little heavy, and there are certain problems with the choice of the ball.
In the 40th minute, Rodri's return pass was extremely thrilling, Mateta did not react and failed to complete the steal in time, Ortega reacted quickly, and pulled the ball with a smooth heel to resolve the danger.
At half-time, the two teams were tied 1-1, and the number of shots on goal between the two teams was 3-9, and Manchester City had a certain advantage.
Just three minutes into the second half, Grealish's cross was blocked, and Lewis flanked it down the middle and blasted home to give City the lead.
Lewis celebrated excitedly after the goal, and Bob ran behind him, and the friendship between the two future stars of Manchester City was enviable.
In the 54th minute, there was a ridiculous scene on the field. Haaland knocked over Anderson directly in the confrontation, Haaland chose to pass back, Alvarez shot with his feet, Anderson covered his face and fell to the ground in pain, unable to see anything.
Unexpectedly, Alvarez's shot hit Anderson's body directly, popping up the bottom line, and Anderson became Mr. Key instead.
In the 67th minute, City played another exquisite combination, Grealish broke through to the box and made a clever pass, De Bruyne sent the ball to the middle, and Haaland outflanked the goal.
Haaland finally scored his 19th Premier League goal this season, and he high-fived Kevin De Bruyne for the first time after the goal.
In the 70th minute, Manchester City's cooperation was wonderful, Grealish went down to the bottom of the pass, Rodri opened his bow and arrow, De Bruyne shot crisply, 2 goals and 1 assist in a single game, and Tintin was in a burst of state.
It was De Bruyne's 372nd overall in 250 league games for Manchester City, scoring the milestone of 100 goals and providing 167 assists.
In the 86th minute, Edouard outflanked the middle and pulled one back for Crystal Palace.
In the end, Manchester City, who are unbeaten in 25 games in all competitions, beat Crystal Palace 4-2 away, and in the first game, they tied Liverpool in points and temporarily ranked second because of goal difference.