EPL: Crystal Palace Hold Manchester City In Four-Goal Thriller
Due to high winds, which caused the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool to be postponed, Manchester City were unable to win the eighth of their nine games against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
City had a chance to finish second in the Premier League, but they were unable to capitalize on their midweek victory over Nottingham Forest, which had given the English champions the opportunity to put a stop to the rot.
When Daniel Munoz raced on to Will Hughes’ pass to fire Palace in front after four minutes, Pep Guardiola’s men had the worst start of their career at Selhurst Park.
In the quest for the Golden Boot, Erling Haaland scored 13 Premier League goals in a towering header from Matheus Nunes’ cross to bring City level again.
The visitors made a strong start to the second half when Maxence Lacroix headed home Hughes’ corner.
Rico Lewis found the top corner again for City, but six minutes later he was sent off.
City are now eight points clear of Liverpool as the leaders, but more points down will hurt their chances of winning five titles in a row.
After Storm Darragh blasted western England with high winds and heavy rain, the final league game between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park will need to be rescheduled.
Due to safety concerns, it was decided to postpone the lunchtime kick-off shortly after 0800GMT local time.
“Whilst we appreciate this will be deeply disappointing for supporters, the safety of fans, staff and players is of paramount importance”, Everton said in a statement.
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Brentford’s fortress ,
This season, scorer of the most home goals in the @premierleague
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With a dazzling 4-2 victory over Newcastle, Brentford recorded the division’s best home record and won it seven out of eight games at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Bryan Mbeumo, who has been linked with a move to the Magpies, opened the scoring with a sensational individual effort.
Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes gave Newcastle a second-half equalizer before Yoane Wissa’s second for Brentford.
Newcastle was forced to accept a costly defeat in the second period when Nathan Collins headed home from goalkeeper Mark Flekken’s long ball forward.
In stoppage time, Kevin Schade then scored the winning goal.
Brentford climb up to seventh, while Newcastle drop down to 12th.
Aston Villa moved up to fifth thanks to a 1-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Southampton.
With the only goal in his Premier League debut, Jhon Duran made a lasting impression.
The Saints were forced to make the most of another defensive flaw to score the Saints’ ninth goal of the season in 24 minutes.
In the 1730GMT kick-off, Manchester United take on Nottingham Forest as Ruben Amorim recovers from his first defeat at Arsenal on Wednesday.
Arsenal and Chelsea now have a chance to close the top four-point gap when they travel to Fulham and Tottenham on Sunday, respectively. Due to Liverpool’s postponement.
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