EPL 24/25: Crystal Palace hold Manchester City to a 2-2 draw
- Published By Jedida Barasa For The Statesman Digital
- 4 days ago
Pep Guardiola said he was proud of his Manchester City players in the draw at Crystal Palace that extended their rocky run to one win in nine games.
The champions twice came from behind as they took a point at Selhurst Park.
City's win over Nottingham Forest in midweek failed to herald the start of them rediscovering consistent form - and Palace may consider themselves unlucky not to have won Saturday's game.
Oliver Glasner's side led after just four minutes when Will Hughes picked out wing-back Daniel Munoz in plenty of space to drive in the opening goal.
They had chances to extend their lead before Erling Haaland jumped well to head in Matheus Nunes' cross to level.
Another defender put Palace ahead, with Hughes' corner being headed in by Maxence Lacroix.
However, City salvaged some reward from their Selhurst Park visit when Bernardo Silva found Rico Lewis, who fired a fine effort into the top corner from the edge of the box.
Lewis was later sent off for two bookings, the second for a foul on Trevoh Chalobah.
"We'll take the point," said Guardiola. "I'm incredibly proud of the players, how they fought, came back twice and difficult conditions."
City are eight points behind leaders Liverpool, having played a game more than Arne Slot's side, while Palace are four points above the relegation zone.
Speaking about their injuries, Guardiola told BBC Sport: "It's a season to suffer.
"We cannot talk about the title race when we lost four games in a row and now we draw. We'll try to win the next game and recover people. We'll see in the last month."
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