Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: Palace pick up huge upset at Etihad – Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher picked up one of the biggest upset wins of the season as Crystal Palace romped past Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side were pegged early by Zaha’s early goal before a red card for Aymeric Laporte saw them struggling to keep the Eagles at bay, who made the most of their opportunity to pick up a famous win.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: Zaha, Gallagher hand Manchester City shock defeat, as Laporte sees red
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher scored a goal each to stun champions Manchester City with a 2-0 win in their Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Palace took the lead in the sixth minute when Zaha’s scuffed left-footed
shot found its way past Ederson after Aymeric Laporte had been caught in
possession by Gallagher.
The visitors pressed furiously in the opening exchanges as City’s midfield
were allowed little time on the ball, leading to a number of stray passes
and few clear chances in front of goal. Laporte’s dismal afternoon came to a premature end in first-half stoppage time when he was shown a straight red card for bringing down Zaha and denying the Ivory Coast international a goal-scoring opportunity.
Manchester City, however, found their stride after the break and Gabriel Jesus had the ball in the net on the hour-mark, only for it to be chalked off after Phil Foden was found to have been offside in the build-up. Manager Pep Guardiola threw on Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling in the search for an equaliser, but Gallagher put the game
beyond doubt in the 88th minute with an excellent finish following a swift Palace counter-attack.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: Zaha, Gallagher hand Manchester City shock defeat, as Laporte sees red
“When I was doing my badges and he was at Bayern Munich, he opened the doors for me to look in at the full setup and spent some time with me after training and in the evening and that just shows the kind of person he is.”
Patrick Vieira 🤝 Pep Guardiola #CPFC | #MCICRY
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) October 30, 2021
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: Man City aim to bounce back after EFL Cup heartbreak, face Crystal Palace, Follow MCI vs CRY live
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: Manchester in its last outing was defeated by David Moyes’s West Ham in the EFL cup, the Hammers progressed 5-3 on penalties, with Phil Foden missing the significant spot kick, after neither team could stick the ball in the back of the net and it ended 0-0 after 90 minutes.
City decided to some rest key players, with Pep preferring to rest the likes of Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Ederson, Ruben Diaz and Aymeric Laporte, however Pep still put-on an incredible squad with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Gundogan, but despite their effort Guardiola’s men could not come out on top. It ended City’s incredible 4-year streak of not losing an EFL cup tie.
Snippets from our defeat via penalties to West Ham in the Carabao Cup 👇#ManCity pic.twitter.com/YhTovZBqLk
— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 28, 2021
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: The Baggies in their last outing played out a disappointing 0-0 draw to Newcastle, Crystal Palace’s last 4 Premier League games have been draws, Currently with 9 points Patrick Viera’s side has had a difficult start to the season, winning only 1 game out of the 9 played.
Premier League Live: When is Manchester City vs Crystal Palace going to be played?
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace will be played on Saturday, 30th October, 7:30 PM.
Premier League Live: Where is Manchester City vs Crystal Palace going to be played?
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace will be played at the Etihad stadium.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Live: Man City aim to bounce back after EFL Cup heartbreak, face Crystal Palace, Follow MCI vs CRY live
Premier League Live: Where can Manchester City vs Crystal Palace be watched live?
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace will be available to watch live on the Star Sports network on TV and OTT platform Disney plus Hotstar.
Our top 5️⃣ strikes against Crystal Palace! 💥
Which one is your fave? 🤔#ManCity pic.twitter.com/ILlgE0zByd
— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 30, 2021
Team News:
Manchester City: Ferran Torres is only long-term absentee for Manchester City after he sustained a fracture in the foot during Spain’s Nations League campaign.
Serious injury for Ferrán Torres, Pep Guardiola announces: “Ferrán will be out for two and a half months, or maybe three months. It’s broken metatarsal”. 🔵🇪🇸 #MCFC #ManCity
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 15, 2021
Summer signing Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez are expected to start out on the wings, while Rodri should come back in the starting 11 replacing Fernandinho.
Crystal Palace: Crystal Palace’s Long-term injury victims Eberechi Eze and Nathan Ferguson are making progress in their recoveries, Eze is not expected to be back until mid-December, while Nathan Ferguson should be able to join team training in the next couple of weeks.
Crystal Palace will make a late decision regarding Wilfried Zaha as he struggles with fitness issues of.
Predicted Lineups:
Manchester City (4-3-3):
Ederson
Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo
Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne
Jesus, Foden, Grealish
Crystal Palace (4-3-3):
Guaita
Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell
McArthur, Milivojevic, Gallagher
Edouard, Benteke, Zaha
Key Players:
Kevin De Bruyne:
Phil Foden:
Wilfred Zaha:
Odsonne Edouard:
