Manchester City, With a penalty from Erling Haaland and an interesting contribution from Julián Álvarez’s bench, they beat 1-0 away against Crystal Palace in a match corresponding to the 27th date of the Premier League, in which Tottenham consolidate in the ‘Champions zone’..
The team led by Joseph Guardiola This is how he came close to the top of the tournament: he has 61 units and is two behind leaders Arsenal, who will visit Fulham on Sunday (39). For its part, Crystal Palace have 27 points, close to the relegation places.
City divide their attention between the domestic league and two other competitions in which they will be active in the next few days. On Tuesday it will host Leipzig in the rematch of one of the keys to the Champions League round of 16 and next Saturday it will face Burnley, again at their stadium, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Dominators of the match, but harmless in the opposing area, the ‘Citizens’ ended up winning at Selhurst Park thanks to a penalty committed on Ilkay Gündogan and converted by Haaland into the only goal of the match (78′).
It was the Norwegian’s 28th Premier League goal this season and he remains the clear leader in the league table, eight ahead of Harry Kane.
Before the goal, Pep Guardiola’s side were far less lethal than usual, with just a couple of chances to beat Spanish goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, with two shots from Haaland and Álvarez, minutes after Phil Foden came on
Another positive note for City was that Crystal Palace just disturbed the goal defended by the Brazilian Ederson, a good omen for next Tuesday, when the English will play their revenge, after a 1-1 draw in Leipzig, looking for the quarter-finals Champions League
Source: Clarin
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