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0¹ ABRAHAM was put clear by PEDRO PORRO and he pulled away from the 'keeper but struck his shot over. 2¹ A free-kick from ABRAHAM flew over the bar. 4¹ A pin-point pass fell to GRAY and his deadly shot went narrowly wide. 6¹ GOAL!! A perfect ball from SCHLUPP left EZE in the clear, he made ORTEGA commit himself before touching the ball to ANDERSEN to score. (1-0 Crystal Palace) 7¹ PEDRO GONÇALVES played the ball to JONES who flicked it wide. 21¹ GOAL!! A cross from ABRAHAM was headed away by EZE only for KURZAWA to volley the ball back into the box for PEDRO GONÇALVES to force into the net. (1-1) 24¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in EZE driving the ball wide. 26¹ A cross from EZE left MATETA in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. 34¹ A corner bobbled toward PEDRO GONÇALVES who headed the ball inches over. 35¹ BISHOP booked for gamesmanship. 38¹ EZE stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post. 44¹ The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PEDRO GONÇALVES fell just over. 2² GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the Crystal Palace 'keeper, DIEGO CARLOS was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to ABRAHAM to nudge in. (2-1 Manchester City) 4² HARRISON given a yellow card by the referee for a clumsy challenge. 7² A left foot shot from SCHLUPP was clawed past the post by ORTEGA. 18² A header by ABRAHAM at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper. 22² ÉDOUARD made space on the right and pulled the ball to ORIGI who rasped the ball wide. 26² A poor shot from MATETA bounced agonisingly wide. 35² A fine ball from WARD on the right bobbled toward MATETA who scuffed his shot inches over. 40² GOAL!! A deep cross from FELIPE on the right was headed home by JONES at the far post. (3-1 Manchester City) 42² CLYNE snapped at an easy chance. 45² DIEGO CARLOS waltzed past TETE and rattled a tame shot wide. 46² ORTEGA did well to hold onto a wicked strike from MATETA.

Manchester City   League position: 10 Home league form: LWWX Overall league form: OLXWWOXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Stefan ORTEGA 6½ 1 6½ Nathan BISHOP PEDRO Antonio PORRO 6½ 2 6½ Kenny TETE Layvin KURZAWA 7½ 3 7  Tyrick MITCHELL Miguel ALMIRON 7  4 7  Joe WILLOCK DIEGO CARLOS Santos 7½ 5 7  Joachim ANDERSEN FELIPE Augusto 6½ 6 6  Joel WARD(c) (c)Riyad MAHREZ 8  7 7  Jeffrey SCHLUPP PEDRO António GONÇALVES 8  8 7  Ebere EZE (p)Tammy ABRAHAM 7  9 6½ Jean-Philippe MATETA(p) (f)Curtis JONES 6½ 10 5½ Jack HARRISON(f) Demarai GRAY 6  11 6  Odsonne ÉDOUARD Manager Tommy DOYLE    12    Luka MILIVOJEVIC Mark FLEKKEN    13    Chris RICHARDS Oscar BOBB    14 6  Divock ORIGI SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin    15 6  Nathaniel CLYNE Ben KNIGHT    16    Martin KELLY

Crystal Palace   League position: 14 Away league form: WWLL Overall league form: LWLWXLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Manchester City 3 Crystal Palace 1 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 33,972, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Mark Clattenburg 7½) Pedro Gonçalves 21¹, Abraham 2², Jones 40² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Andersen 6¹   SchluppóOrigi 18², EzeóClyne 33²       Bishop 35¹, Harrison 4² 1 2 3 11 1 2 4 3 6 8 10 11 1 2 58% 42% ¶ Man of the match: Pedro António Gonçalves ¶