He Manchester City suffered to celebrate the victory at the home of Crystal Palace which he beat 1-0 with a penalty goal from Erling Haaland. The goal freed the anxiety and frustration City in it Selhurst Park and allows the pupils of the DT Pep Guardiola reduce the difference to two points with Arsenal.
It was not the best performance of City, who despaired before the goal of vincent guitaboth for the good saves by the Spanish goalkeeper, and for the inability to overcome the well-nourished defense of the pupils of the DT Patrick Vieira. Until thirteen minutes from the end, Michael Olise committed a childish and clumsy penalty on Ilkay Gündogan that Haaland transformed, with his 28th goal in this Premier League
Many ‘Gunners’ fans were gaining interest in what was happening in south London as Palace kept City at bay, who decided to leave without Kevin de Bruyne in the starting eleven, perhaps to give him rest for the Champions League match League against RB Leipzig.
Guardiola’s decision cost City a lot creatively, which hardly generated any danger and dedicated itself to retaining the ball in three quarters of the pitch against a calm Palace, without great pretensions and without danger.
Guaita helped a lot, with a great save to Phil Foden in a free kick from the croissant, and also the lack of aim from Haaland, who missed an unbeatable death pass, and Julián Álvarez, who after a great filtered pass from Bernardo Silva and with the ball fully controlled in the box he put his crosshairs too high.
City needed a favor to be able to break down the barrier and this came thirteen minutes from the end, when he took a quick and short corner, receiving Gündogan inside the area. Olise, his marker, realized the play late and came over revs for the German. He took it ahead and the referee did not hesitate and charged a penalty.
From eleven meters, Haaland did not fail, with his goal number 28 in this Premier, putting a difference of eight goals to his pursuer, Harry Kanethat this Saturday he made two with the Tottenham Hotspur.
The goal was enough for City to take the game and cut the difference with Arsenal to two points. The ‘gunners’, yes, have one game less.
Palace, with this defeat, is twelfth with 27 points, four above the relegation zone.
Victory and we take the 3 points home! ✅
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— Manchester City (@ManCityES) March 11, 2023
Technical sheet of the meeting
Crystal Palace (0): Guaita; Clyne (Ward, m.71), Anderson, Guehi, Mitchell; Milivojevic (Ahamada, m.61), Longa, Olise; Schlupp (Eze, m.80), Zaha and Ayew (Edouard, m.80).
Manchester City (1): Ederson; Stones (Walker, m.89), Akanji, Dias, Aké; Rodri, Gundogan, Silva (De Bruyne, m.78); Foden (Álvarez, m.58), Grealish and Haaland.
Gol: 0-1. Haaland, m.78
Referee: Robert Jones admonished Milivojevic (m.30) and Andersen (m.93) for Crystal Palace and Dias (m.59) and Aké (m.65) for Manchester City.
Incidences: Match corresponding to day 27 of the Premier League played at the Selhurst Park stadium (London).
Source Besoccer / photo Twitter
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