English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 22, 2018
Crystal Palace DWLLW 3
–
Manchester City WLWWW 2
1st2ndT
CRY213
MNC112
Etihad Stadium · 54,340 att.

Match Report

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Manchester City stunned by Palace, trail Liverpool by four points at Christmas

Manchester City suffered their first home Premier League loss in eight months with a shock 3-2 defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
13
3
Saves
0
21.7
Possession
78.3
5
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
119
Accurate Passes
649
213
Passes
733
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
13
2
Crosses
45
0.5
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
47
11
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.2
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
7
23
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
16
Interceptions
6
46
Effective Clearances
3
46
Clearances
3

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 18Fabian DelphLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 5John StonesCM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 33Gabriel JesusF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Sergio AgüeroSUB
  2. 47Phil FodenSUB
  3. 3DaniloSUB
  4. 26Riyad MahrezSUB
  5. 17Kevin De BruyneSUB
  6. 49Arijanet MuricSUB
  7. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB

CRY · 4-5-1

  1. 31Vicente GuaitaG
  2. 12Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 5James TomkinsCD-R
  4. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  5. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. 15Jeff SchluppCM-L
  7. 18James McArthurCM-R
  8. 4Luka MilivojevicAM
  9. 7Max MeyerLM
  10. 10Andros TownsendRM
  11. 11Wilfried ZahaF

Substitutes

  1. 14Jordan AyewSUB
  2. 9Alexander SørlothSUB
  3. 6Scott DannSUB
  4. 44Jairo RiedewaldSUB
  5. 1Julian SperoniSUB
  6. 2Joel WardSUB
  7. 42Jason PuncheonSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 0. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabian Delph with a cross.
  2. 33' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 1. Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James McArthur.
  3. 35' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 2. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
  4. 45' Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Agüero replaces Nicolás Otamendi.
  6. 51' Goal! Manchester City 1, Crystal Palace 3. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 62' Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Fabian Delph.
  8. 69' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Raheem Sterling.
  9. 75' Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' James McArthur (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Goal! Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  12. 88' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Wilfried Zaha.
  13. 90'+3' Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+5' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jason Puncheon replaces Max Meyer.

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