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Erling Halaand has scored 34 goals successful 35 games for Manchester City successful each competitions this seasonManchester City maintained the unit connected leaders Arsenal arsenic the Premier League champions reduced the spread astatine the apical to 2 points with a hard-fought triumph implicit struggling Crystal Palace.
Pep Guardiola's broadside had to stay diligent astatine Selhurst Park, but were yet capable to instrumentality their accidental to borderline person to the Gunners, who sojourn London rivals Fulham connected Sunday (14:00 GMT).
Erling Haaland settled the lucifer from the punishment spot for his 28th extremity of the campaign, stroking his 78th-minute spot-kick into the bottommost country aft Michael Olise's precocious situation connected Ilkay Gundogan.
The visitors had been incapable to capitalise connected a purposeful start, which saw Rodri's first-time effort unit Vicente Guaita into enactment and Jack Grealish propulsion a debased changeable wide aft helium darted into the punishment area.
Haaland, who scored his archetypal Premier League hat-trick successful the reverse fixture successful August, went closest successful the archetypal half, but the league's apical scorer remarkably failed to deed the people pursuing Nathan Ake's walk into the six-yard box.
A antecedently shot-shy Palace pushed for a precocious equaliser against a retreating City, but it was to nary avail arsenic the hosts went connected a grounds 3rd successive league crippled without managing a changeable connected target.
The decision extends Palace's concerning Premier League winless tally to 10 matches - the longest successful the part - and leaves Patrick Vieira's broadside conscionable 4 points supra the relegation places.
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Crystal Palace
Squad number13Player nameGuaita
Squad number17Player nameClyne
Squad number16Player nameAndersen
Squad number6Player nameGuéhi
Squad number3Player nameMitchell
Squad number8Player nameSambi Lokonga
Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic
Squad number7Player nameOlise
Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
Squad number11Player nameZaha
Squad number2Player nameWard
Squad number10Player nameEze
Squad number22Player nameÉdouard
Squad number29Player nameAhamada
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number5Player nameStones
Squad number25Player nameAkanji- Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
- Squad number6Player nameAké
- Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number8Player nameGündogan
Squad number47Player nameFoden
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva- Squad number10Player nameGrealish
- Squad number9Player nameHaaland
Squad number2Player nameWalker
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne- Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Line-ups
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Guaita
- 17ClyneSubstituted forWardat 71'minutes
- 16AndersenBooked astatine 90mins
- 6Guéhi
- 3Mitchell
- 8Sambi Lokonga
- 4MilivojevicBooked astatine 30minsSubstituted forAhamadaat 61'minutes
- 7Olise
- 9J AyewSubstituted forÉdouardat 80'minutes
- 15SchluppSubstituted forEzeat 80'minutes
- 11Zaha
Substitutes
- 2Ward
- 5Tomkins
- 10Eze
- 14Mateta
- 22Édouard
- 26Richards
- 29Ahamada
- 41Whitworth
- 44Riedewald
Man City
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 31Ederson
- 5StonesSubstituted forWalkerat 89'minutes
- 25Akanji
- 3Rúben DiasBooked astatine 59mins
- 6AkéBooked astatine 65mins
- 16Rodri
- 8Gündogan
- 47FodenSubstituted forÁlvarezat 58'minutes
- 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forDe Bruyneat 79'minutes
- 10Grealish
- 9Haaland
Substitutes
- 2Walker
- 4Phillips
- 14Laporte
- 17De Bruyne
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 26Mahrez
- 80Palmer
- 82Lewis
Live Text
Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 1.
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 1.
Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace).
Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Naouirou Ahamada (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces John Stones.
Foul by Nathan Aké (Manchester City).
Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Offside, Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha tries a done ball, but Odsonne Édouard is caught offside.
Foul by Julián Álvarez (Manchester City).
Albert Sambi Lokonga (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Jack Grealish.
Attempt blocked. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Naouirou Ahamada.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Michael Olise with a cross.
Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City).
Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Jack Grealish with a cross.
Foul by John Stones (Manchester City).
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