The Palace surprises the City

Patrick Vieira left the Etihad Stadium with a smile on his face. The one who was coach of the Manchester City subsidiary, and for many a clear candidate to replace Pep Guardiola in the future, He could not leave a better taste in his mouth of his visit with Crystal Palace in the Premier League, where his team won 0-2. From the first day of the championship, the ‘citizens’ did not lose, who were close to tying the first goal but who fell to the knee when Gallagher, in the final stretch, put the second on the scoreboard.

Wilfried Zaha was the scorer of Manchester City’s first goal at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League. In a misunderstanding in three quarters of the field, Gallagher gained possession and assisted Zaha, who was right to finish in front of Ederson to make it 0-1 on the scoreboard. With his goal, Zaha reached 50 in the top English competition, the first Crystal Palace player to achieve that figure. The Londoners managed to make the locals uncomfortable during the first stages of the game, but as soon as they got the advantage they did not hesitate to lower their lines to defend and let time pass.

Pep Guardiola opted for his current gala eleven in which the forward is Foden, with Grealish and Gabriel Jesus at the sides, and with De Bruyne and Bernardo accompanying a excellent Rodrigo in the center of the field. The Spanish was the main helm of the ‘citizens’ when looking for the equalizer. On the brink of rest However, the expulsion of Laporte disrupted all plans: the center-back saw a questionable red for knocking down Zaha when he was the last man, but a long way from the goalkeeper. The decision from the bench was to move to a defense of three formed by Walker, Ruben Dias and Cancelo, which however did not last long because then the Stones came in to cover holes.

Manchester City touched the tie in several phases of the second half, mostly commanded by an imperial Phil Foden. Gabriel Jesus finished off his ball, scoring a goal, but the VAR canceled the goal for offside by the English footballer. The refereeing video also prevented Zaha from counting his second goal for another offside, something that was already inevitable in the final stretch, at which point Olise drove the ball wonderfully and brought the play to the City area. There, Zaha could not score but Gallagher did, who with 0-2 gave Vieira’s team three points.