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Premier League: Manchester City beats Crystal Palace after recovering from a 0-2 deficit

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MANCHESTER. Manchester City had a spectacular comeback against Crystal Palace.

MANCHESTER. Manchester City had a astonishing comeback against Crystal Palace. Manchester City was vastly superior ball possession (75%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren England who was helped by Harry Lennard and Adrian Holmes. The 4th official was Darren Bond. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.71 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 58%.​

Match Statistics

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 75% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Manchester City was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Manchester City won the match.

Manchester City shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Crystal Palace shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Manchester City received 1 yellow card (P. Foden). On the opposite side, Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (J. Mateta and M. Guehi).

After playing this match, Manchester City will have 7 points like Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Crystal Palace will stay with 4 points like Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Chelsea to move up in the 10th place.

Match Events

  • 4'
    4'

    J. Stones (OG)

  • 22'
    22'

    J. Andersen

    E. Eze

  • 53'
    53'

    B. Silva

  • 58'
    58'

    C. Richards

    T. Mitchell

  • 62'
    62'

    I. Gundogan

    J. Cancelo

  • 62'
    62'

    J. Alvarez

    R. Mahrez

  • 62'
    62'

    E. Haaland

    P. Foden

  • 68'
    68'

    W. Hughes

    O. Edouard

  • 70'
    70'

    E. Haaland

    J. Stones

  • 74'
    74'

    Jean-Philippe Mateta

    Jordan Ayew

  • 74'
    74'

    Michael Olise

    Nathaniel Clyne

  • 81'
    81'

    E. Haaland

    I. Gundogan

  • 84'
    84'

    S. Gomez

    E. Haaland

  • 86'
    86'

    P. Foden

  • 86'
    86'

    J. Mateta

  • 88'
    88'

    M. Guehi

  • 89'
    89'

    C. Palmer

    K. De Bruyne

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Manchester City will host Nottingham Forest on the 31st of August with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Nottingham Forest (0 draws).

Crystal Palace will host Brentford on the 30th of August with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Manchester City: Formation and Lineups

Manchester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala chose to play with the following team: Ederson (6.3), Kyle Walker (6.8), John Stones (7.2), Rúben Dias (6.5), João Cancelo (6.5), Kevin De Bruyne (7.0), Rodri (7.4), Bernardo Silva (8.1), Riyad Mahrez (6.9), Erling Haaland (9.1) and Phil Foden (7.6).

Substitutes

Manchester City made 4 changes: J. Cancelo for I. Gundogan (62′), R. Mahrez for J. Alvarez (62′), E. Haaland for S. Gomez (84′) and K. De Bruyne for C. Palmer (89′).

Top player: Erling Haaland

Probably the most impressive player in Manchester City was Erling Haaland.

His rating is (9.1) with 3 goals, 9 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5.

Crystal Palace: Formation and Lineups

Crystal Palace started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

On the opposite side, Patrick Vieira played with: Vicente Guaita (5.8), Nathaniel Clyne (6.0), Joel Ward (6.1), Joachim Andersen (6.7), Marc Guéhi (6.3), Tyrick Mitchell (6.4), Jordan Ayew (6.2), Cheick Doucouré (6.2), Jeffrey Schlupp (6.6), Eberechi Eze (6.1) and Odsonne Édouard (6.6).

Substitutes

Crystal Palace made 4 changes: T. Mitchell for C. Richards (58′), O. Edouard for W. Hughes (68′), J. Ward for M. Olise (74′) and J. Ayew for J. Mateta (74′).

Top player: Joachim Andersen

Probably the most impressive player in Crystal Palace was Joachim Andersen.

His rating is (6.7) with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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