Tonight's Premier League, Manchester City away to Crystal Palace, the first leg of the two sides at Manchester City's home game, when the 2-2 draw, Manchester City has drawn a total of 7 games this season, Crystal Palace is one of the opponents, I have to say that Crystal Palace is really Manchester City's bitter master. At present, Manchester City is unbeaten in 24 games in all competitions, but has been forced to draw by Liverpool and Arsenal in a row, resulting in a drop in the rankings, 30 rounds of battles, 20 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses and 67 points, ranking third in the standings, Crystal Palace 7 wins, 9 draws, 14 losses and 30 points, 14th place in the Premier League, in the white-hot stage of the championship race, Guardiola said that when you see the performance of the three teams competing for the title, if you want to hold on to the end, you can't lose any more points.
In the 3rd minute, Mateta scored: Manchester City suffered a heavy blow, Alvarez made a mistake in receiving the ball, Crystal Palace successfully broke the ball at the back, Wharton got the ball and sent a through ball forward, Mateta received the ball on the right side, drove straight into the penalty area, formed a single knife, and pushed the player to the far corner of the left side with a low shot in the penalty area, and the ball hit the post and went into the net, Crystal Palace made a fantastic start 1-0.
In the 10th minute, Alvarez received a through ball from Lewis and attacked the goal from a small angle, which was blocked by the goalkeeper's outstretched leg, and then cleared, and Crystal Palace escaped.
In the 13th minute, De Bruyne scored: Manchester City attacked on the left, Grealish dribbled to near the bottom line, was pressed, and then passed back to De Bruyne on the periphery of the penalty area, who received the ball, quickly dribbled inward to throw off the gap, and then shot with his feet, the ball hung in the dead corner on the right side of the goal, Manchester City 1-1 Crystal Palace, lightning equalizer.
In the 38th minute, Manchester City's backfield Ayew was tackled, and then burst into the penalty area with the ball, just into the penalty area suddenly shot angrily, the ball went straight to the crossbar and popped off the bottom line, Manchester City was favored by the goddess of luck to escape.
In the 45th minute, a cross from the left side was met by a Crystal Palace player who collapsed in the penalty area under the defense of Gvardiol, and the referee did not blow for a penalty.
In the 47th minute, Lewis scored: In the first 2 minutes of the second half, the left side of the Manchester City penalty area cooperated, Grealish's low cross was cleared, Lewis picked up the leak in front of the goal, and then pushed the left side to score, Manchester City overtook Crystal Palace 2-1.
In the 66th minute, Haaland scored: Manchester City launched an attack on the left side, Grealish dribbled to the middle, and then went straight to De Bruyne at the bottom, who passed to Haaland in the penalty area, Haaland easily ate cake in front of the goal, pushed and scored, Manchester City 3-1 Crystal Palace, extended the score.
In the 70th minute, Kevin De Bruyne scored twice: Grealish attacked again from the left, dribbled near the bottom line on the left side of the box in search of an opportunity, and then passed it to Rodri, who crossed to De Bruyne, who burst into the box, and then volleyed the ball into the net again. Manchester City 4-1 Crystal Palace, basically sealed the win.
In the 86th minute, Edward scored: Crystal Palace counterattacked, Lerma advanced quickly from the left, and then passed to Schlupp, who passed to Edward in the middle on the left side of the penalty area, Edward scored a cushion, Crystal Palace 2-4 Manchester City, pulled a goal back.
After that, the score was not rewritten, and in the end, after Manchester City conceded a goal in the first 3 minutes, Grealish launched a counterattack from the left, making four goals in a row, De Bruyne contributed 2 wins and 1 pass, Lewis and Haaland scored successively, Manchester City scored four in a row, Crystal Palace counterattack ended by Edward, pulled back a goal, and finally Manchester City reversed Crystal Palace 4-2 away from home, winning two consecutive victories.
After this campaign, Manchester City has one more game, with 21 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses to accumulate 70 points, temporarily win the second place in the standings, Manchester City will go to Real Madrid's home stadium next week for the Champions League quarterfinals. The multi-front battle is a great test for Manchester City's troop formation.
Arsenal is third with 68 points from 21 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, while Liverpool is 2 points ahead with 70 points from 21 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses.