At 19:30 on the evening of April 6, Beijing time, in the 32nd round of the 2023-24 Premier League, Manchester City went to challenge Crystal Palace away. Mateta gave Palace the lead in the first three minutes before Kevin De Bruyne equalised and Ayew hit the woodwork, before teenager Lewis put City ahead of the scoring in the second half, Kevin De Bruyne set up Erling Haaland's goal before the Belgian netted twice to score his 100th goal in a blue moon. In the end, Manchester City reversed Crystal Palace 4-2 and tied Liverpool at the top of the table with one game in the first game.
In the 3rd minute, Manchester City made a mistake in the front court, Crystal Palace immediately counterattacked after the steal, Mateta started from the back, received a straight plug and got a single chance, he entered the right side of the penalty area and pushed the far corner, the ball hit the post into the net, Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City.
In the 7th minute, De Bruyne received the ball on the right side of the field, and Gvardiol in the box headed high into the goal. In the 10th minute, Lewis sent a through ball, and Alvarez, who stepped forward, volleyed from a tight angle in front of the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Henderson blocked it with his legs, and then saved the ball off the line.
In the 11th minute, Manchester City's cross from the left side of the field was cleared, and Rodri at the top of the arc fell to the ground and shot, and the ball was saved sideways by Henderson. In the 13th minute, Grealish went down to the left side of the front field and passed back, De Bruyne got the ball on the left side of the penalty area, cut inside and blasted out of the world, the ball hung in the dead corner, Henderson couldn't reach it, Manchester City 1-1 Crystal Palace.
In the 19th minute, De Bruyne took the ball in the center circle and sent it through, Haaland received the ball to form a single knife, he burst into the box and pushed a left-footed shot, and the attacking Henderson saved the ball.
In the 33rd minute, Alvarez combined with Stones in front of the penalty area, and then fired a right-footed volley just wide. In the 37th minute, Ayew stole Rodri at the back, he drove the ball to the right side of the penalty area and volleyed hard, the ball hit the crossbar and went off the line.
In the 42nd minute, Crystal Palace's pass from the right side of the field hit the Manchester City penalty area, and the Blue Moon defender cleared the ball back to the goalkeeper and almost assisted an own goal, but Ortega knocked the ball past Mateta with a wonderful heel and then kicked the ball off with a big kick. At the end of the first half, the two teams were temporarily tied.
In the second half, Grealish received the ball on the left side of the front field and picked up a pass, Lewis in the middle of the penalty area stopped the ball and volleyed, the ball rebounded and went into the net, Manchester City overtook Crystal Palace 2-1.
In the 54th minute, Haaland received the ball into the box, and after passing the goalkeeper, the angle was too small to shoot, he passed the ball back, Alvarez followed up and pushed, and the ball was blocked by a Crystal Palace defender who fell to the ground. In the 60th minute, Grealish crossed from the left side of the field, and De Bruyne received the ball and fired into the far corner, but the ball went wide.
In the 65th minute, Grealish burst forward with the ball on the left side of the field, and suddenly went straight after entering the penalty area, De Bruyne received the ball and picked it up to the middle, and the follow-up Haaland easily ate the cake, breaking the three-game goal drought, Manchester City 3-1 Crystal Palace.
In the 70th minute, it was Grealish who crossed the ball on the left side, the Crystal Palace defender knocked it out and cleared not far away, followed by De Bruyne directly with his left foot, the ball refracted and hit the post into the net, Manchester City 4-1 Crystal Palace, De Bruyne scored twice and assisted a goal. It was also De Bruyne's 100th goal for Manchester City.
In the 80th minute, the Manchester City player was cut off when he controlled the ball outside the penalty area, and Crystal Palace immediately counterattacked, Edward in the middle received the ball and pushed it, and the Manchester City defenders who defended to the back point cleared the ball. In the 86th minute, the Crystal Palace midfielder advanced to the left side of the ball, came to the penalty area and crossed, Edward in front of the goal stretched out his foot in front of the ball to cushion the ball, Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City.
In the end, the game ended at full-time with Manchester City winning 4-2 against Crystal Palace.