Crystal Palace vs Manchester City, 2020-21 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueMan City edge closer to Premier League title with win at Crystal Palace
Manchester City inched closer to the Premier League title with a 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
- 3': Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
- 4': João Cancelo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
- 7': Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eberechi Eze.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy with a cross.
- 10': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Tyrick Mitchell.
- 10': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andros Townsend with a cross.
- 12': Hand ball by Ferran Torres (Manchester City).
- 14': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
- 15': Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eberechi Eze.
- 17': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.
- 21': Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
- 23': Foul by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
- 23': João Cancelo (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Offside, Crystal Palace. Luka Milivojevic tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
- 28': Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 28': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ederson.
- 29': Foul by Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City).
- 29': Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Attempt missed. Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté following a set piece situation.
- 34': Hand ball by Jairo Riedewald (Crystal Palace).
- 36': Attempt blocked. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 36': Offside, Manchester City. Fernandinho tries a through ball, but Gabriel Jesus is caught offside.
- 36': VAR Decision: No Goal Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester City.
- 38': Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 39': Attempt missed. Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jairo Riedewald.
- 42': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Foul by Nathan Aké (Manchester City).
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 0.
- 46': Foul by Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace).
- 46': João Cancelo (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 47': Foul by Rodrigo (Manchester City).
- 47': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Ferran Torres (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace).
- 49': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Foul by Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City).
- 50': Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Scott Dann.
- 55': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
- 55': Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 1. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Mendy.
- 59': Goal! Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 2. Ferran Torres (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
- 60': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Jairo Riedewald.
- 62': Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
- 63': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Joel Ward.
- 64': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Joel Ward.
- 64': Attempt missed. Rodrigo (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ferran Torres with a cross following a corner.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 64': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Christian Benteke.
- 67': Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
- 67': Substitution, Manchester City. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Fernandinho.
- 68': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Christian Benteke.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aymeric Laporte.
- 71': Attempt saved. Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 72': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 74': Attempt missed. João Cancelo (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres following a fast break.
- 75': Offside, Crystal Palace. Andros Townsend tries a through ball, but Wilfried Zaha is caught offside.
- 77': Offside, Crystal Palace. Jeffrey Schlupp tries a through ball, but Jean-Philippe Mateta is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Agüero with a cross.
- 80': Attempt saved. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfried Zaha.
- 81': Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace).
- 81': Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Cheikhou Kouyaté (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 82': Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jordan Ayew replaces Andros Townsend.
- 83': Attempt missed. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
- 84': Foul by Raheem Sterling (Manchester City).
- 84': Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
- 85': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City).
- 85': Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 88': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 89': Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high following a corner.
- 90'+1': Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace).
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 2.
- 0': Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 2.
Statistics
 MNC |
CRY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 9 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 70 | Possession | 30 |
| 20 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 610 | Accurate Passes | 215 |
| 696 | Passes | 294 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 18 | Crosses | 10 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 65 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 49 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.8 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 20 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 19 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 10 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Venue: Selhurst Park
Location: London, England
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 31 | +39 | 70 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | +32 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 31 | +13 | 55 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 31 | +5 | 54 |
Line-Ups
Crystal Palace (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 6 | Scott Dann |
| 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté  |
| 27 | Tyrick Mitchell |
| 2 | Joel Ward |
| 4 | Luka Milivojevic |
| 25 | Eberechi Eze |
| 44 | Jairo Riedewald |
| 20 | Christian Benteke |
| 11 | Wilfried Zaha |
| 10 | Andros Townsend |
Manchester City (4-4-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Ederson (GK) |
| 14 | Aymeric Laporte |
| 6 | Nathan Aké |
| 22 | Benjamin Mendy |
| 27 | João Cancelo |
| 16 | Rodri |
| 25 | Fernandinho |
| 7 | Raheem Sterling |
| 21 | Ferran Torres |
| 9 | Gabriel Jesus |
| 10 | Sergio Agüero |
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