Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City: 10-man champs hold on for a point

After a brief escape, Manchester City will feel they’re back in the doldrums once again after drawing 2-2 with Crystal Palace and finishing with just 10 men at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

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The four-time defending Premier League champions beat Nottingham Forest to snap their seven-game winless run on Wednesday, but the cure for what currently ails Manchester City (4th place - 27 points) is much more intensive than a single result.

Crystal Palace (16th - 13 points) took the lead twice, once in each half, and only then did Man City look like they might score. Erling Haaland bagged the last goal in the game, his 12th of the season, now one behind Mohamed Salah for the Golden Boot.

No rest in sight, unfortunately for City

The next 22 days will see Manchester City play five more times — 4 in the PL, 1 in the Champions League — hardly ideal with seven first-team regulars out injured, and now Rico Lewis suspended for the next game after he was sent off against Palace. There can’t be many more new midfield combinations for Pep Guardiola to try, so he might have to get creative next weekend if Mateo Kovacic isn’t ready to return. Or John Stones. Or Manuel Akanji. It is quite jarring watching various teams play right through City and get in on goal all game long, and they’re helpless to stop it. Palace’s first goal took two passes to cover two-thirds of the field and set up a 1v1 with the keeper. Will Hughes looked like prime Xavi out there.

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Crystal Palace vs Manchester City live updates - by Andy Edwards

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City live score: 2-2

Goalscorers: Daniel Munoz (4'), Erling Haaland (30'), Maxence Lacroix (56'), Rico Lewis (68')

RED CARD! Rico Lewis shown second yellow after scoring Man City’s 2nd goal (84')

Lewis sent off for second yellow card v. Palace

Manchester City go down to 10 men late in the second half against Crystal Palace after Rico Lewis picks up his second yellow card of the match following a challenge on Trevoh Chalobah.

Lewis dove in to win the ball inside Palace’s penalty area after he dribbled it there and lost it. Ill-advised while on a yellow, and the actual impact of winning the ball back there would have been minimal with defenders all around and Lewis sprawled out on the ground.

GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-2 Man City: Rico Lewis puts one top shelf for a fantastic equalizer (68')

Lewis drills Man City level at 2-2 against Palace

Manchester City refuse to go down without a fight as Rico Lewis buries his effort with a first-time strike to make it 2-2 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-1 Man City: Maxence Lacroix towers above everyone to meet a corner kick (56')

Lacroix heads Palace 2-1 in front of Man City

Selhurst Park erupts as Maxence Lacroix's header from a Crystal Palace corner goes in to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead over Manchester City in the second half.

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Man City: Erling Haaland loops a header to the back post (30')

Haaland's header gets Man City level v. Palace

Erling Haaland scores his 18th goal of the season in all competitions as he guides his header into the Crystal Palace goal to put Manchester City level at Selhurst Park.

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Man City: Daniel Munoz finishes a brilliant ball from Will Hughes (4')

Munoz gives Palace shock lead over Man City

Daniel Munoz gets on the scoresheet for the second-straight match as he slots home Crystal Palace's go-ahead goal against Manchester City at Selhurst Park.

Manchester City starting lineup

Ortega - Walker, Dias, Gvardiol - Lewis, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Silva - Savinho, Nunes, Haaland

Crystal Palace starting lineup

Henderson - Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi - Lerma, Hughes, Munoz, Mitchell - Sarr, Eze, Mateta

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How to watch Crystal Palace vs Manchester City live, stream link and start time

Kick off time: 10am ET Saturday
Venue: Selhurst Park - South London
TV Channel: Peacock Premium
Streaming: Premier League on Peacock

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Oliver Glasner’s Palace beat Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Tuesday, stamping a win on what is now a three-match Premier League unbeaten run.

The visitors, meanwhile, snapped Pep Guardiola’s career-long winless run by beating Nottingham Forest 3-0 at midweek, and Man City is hopeful of stacking Premier League wins while hoping for more dropped points by Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal.

City got goals from three different players at midweek, and begin a tough run of fixtures after this one and will want no less than three points before meeting Juventus, Manchester United, and Aston Villa between Dec. 11-21.

Crystal Palace team news, focus

Eberechi Eze set up Jean-Philippe Mateta for the lone goal on Tuesday, and both players make the Eagles attack work. Mateta is a work-horse center forward who makes it work in hold-up play and finishing, while Eze’s an electric playmakers who both feeds and feeds off teammates.

OUT: Adam Wharton (groin), Chadi Riad (knee), Rob Holding (undisclosed), Matheus Franca (groin), Daichi Kamada (suspension)

Manchester City team news, focus

Erling Haaland’s gone three Premier League games without a goal, though he assisted one against Forest. Jeremy Doku was a force in that win.

OUT: Rodri (knee - out for season), Oscar Bobb (lower leg), Mateo Kovacic (undisclosed), Nathan Ake (thigh), Phil Foden (illness) | QUESTIONABLE: John Stones (ankle), Manuel Akanji (unspecified)

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City prediction

We know Palace can attack, but its defense has struggled apart from the midweek blanking of Ipswich Town. Kevin De Bruyne’s return to starting fitness seems a bridge too far for Palace. Crystal Palace 1-3 Man City.