Man City drop points in frustrating night at Selhurst Park
Manchester Metropolis misplaced the possibility to increase their lead on the prime of the Eglish Premier League desk as they had been held to a 0-0 draw away at Crystal Palace on Monday evening.
The defending champions went into the match aiming to avenge the 2-0 loss within the reverse fixture however got here up towards a decided Palace aspect that might have nicked it within the dying minutes.
Metropolis began the match on the entrance foot, with each Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker inflicting havoc from the vast areas.
The primary likelihood fell to the hosts within the thirteenth minute when Walker dallied on the ball and was finally pressured off it by Wilfried Zaha as Mateta burst ahead and noticed Olise in acres of area to his proper, however the ahead flicked his left-foot shot vast.
Metropolis attacked the opposite finish nearly instantly however Bernardo Silva’s effort additionally went above the bar.
The defending champions very almost discovered the breakthrough halfway by means of the opening half when Cancelo’s dinked move was inch-perfect as De Bruyne swiveled to shoot however Guaita acquired a giant hand to it to tip it over.
Simply earlier than the half-hour mark, Cancelo rattled the submit with a ferocious shot, however Aymeric Laporte didn’t stab dwelling the rebound.
Guita was compelled to make a sensible save simply after the half-hour mark to disclaim Riyad Mahrez as Guardiola’s males sought to search out the opener.
Palace nearly matched Metropolis’s starvation, and talisman Zaha missed a wonderful likelihood to provide them the lead 5 minutes to the break as his well-taken shot whistled fractionally previous the angle of the submit and bar.
Manchester Metropolis’s profligacy gave Palace hope of getting a outcome as either side traded blow after blow within the second half.
The guests wasted one other good likelihood to open the scores within the 57th minute when Mahrez didn’t beat the keeper, moments after De Bruyne had hit the bottom of the submit.
Arguably the miss of the match got here within the 71st minute when Silva failed to search out the goal from just a few yards out with the objective at his mercy.
Regardless of creating extra possibilities going into the final quarter-hour of the match, Metropolis couldn’t discover a method by means of, failing to beat Palace for the second time this season.
The loss blew the title race vast open, with Liverpool, who’re 4 factors behind having an opportunity to chop their result in only a level in the event that they win their match at hand.
