Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Phil Foden stars in title-boosting Premier League win

The Premier League rubric contention rolls connected aft Manchester City claimed a much-needed 3-0 location triumph implicit Crystal Palace connected Wednesday nighttime to support the unit connected leaders Arsenal.

A Citizens broadside without Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku, Rayan Cherki and Nico O’Reilly successful their starting lineup - with Pep Guardiola having 1 oculus connected Saturday's FA Cup last - entered fractional clip with a two-goal leads courtesy of strikes from Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush; some goals assisted by Phil Foden including a sensational backheel for the former.

In the past 3 meetings betwixt City and Palace astatine the Etihad Stadium, the squad who scored the archetypal 2 goals did not spell connected to triumph the game, but that antithetic inclination has present ended, with City wrapping up the triumph with a precocious second-half onslaught from Savinho.

Victory for Man City has reduced the spread astatine the top of the table to conscionable 2 points, but the Citizens person nary much games successful manus connected Arsenal and indispensable trust connected the Gunners slipping up successful their last 2 games if they privation to assistance the Premier League trophy.

Defeat for Crystal Palace, meanwhile, leaves Oliver Glasner’s men down successful 15th place, 5 points down the apical fractional of the array with games against Brentford and Arsenal remaining.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Oliver Thomas unrecorded from the Etihad Stadium

Man City’s duty was elemental heading into this important contest: cod each 3 points to enactment live successful the rubric contention oregon manus rivals Arsenal the accidental to seal top-flight glory earlier the last play of the season.

The Citizens were truthful nether immense unit to present a laser-focused show against a Crystal Palace broadside who person caused them problems connected respective occasions successful caller years – the Eagles scoring astatine slightest 2 goals successful six of their erstwhile 7 visits to the Etihad.

Guardiola talked up the qualities of Glasner’s “top team” anterior to kickoff, but his much-changed Man City broadside roseate to the juncture and outperformed Palace precisely 14 years connected from their archetypal Premier League rubric triumph with THAT Sergio Aguero goal.

City, present unbeaten successful 17 PL matches astatine the Etihad, are alert that the rubric contention is inactive retired of their hands contempt beating Palace, and they volition commune that either relegated Burnley oregon the Eagles tin bash them a immense favour successful Arsenal’s last 2 league fixtures.

As for Palace, they are acceptable for a mid-table finish, much specifically a bottom-half finish, successful what has been an eventful campaign, peculiarly for outgoing brag Glasner who has conscionable 3 much matches earlier departing successful the summer.

The Eagles volition understandably person 1 oculus connected the Conference League last successful a fortnight’s time, but they volition beryllium keen to springiness Glasner a fitting send-off successful what could beryllium to beryllium his last Premier League season, unless helium snaps up different English occupation this summer.

MAN CITY VS. CRYSTAL PALACE HIGHLIGHTS

Antoine Semenyo extremity vs. Crystal Palace (32nd min, Man City 1-0 Crystal Palace)

Phil Foden with the backheel and Antoine Semenyo with the decorativeness ? pic.twitter.com/CXpABEZrOB

An exquisite no-look backheel from Phil Foden connected the borderline of the punishment country perfectly sets up Antoine Semenyo to slot a first-time right-footed decorativeness into the bottommost corner.

Omar Marmoush extremity vs. Crystal Palace (40th min, Man City 2-0 Crystal Palace)

Ruthless from Manchester City arsenic Omar Marmoush makes it 2-0! ? pic.twitter.com/OeOakr9Obn

City treble their advantage!

Josko Gvardiol scoops a transportation into the punishment container and it is cushioned down by Foden. The shot past falls into the way of Marmoush, who shoots connected the crook and finds the backmost of the net.

Savinho extremity vs. Crystal Palace (84th min, Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace)

Rayan Cherki charges guardant for Manchester City and feeds it done to Savinho who finds the backmost of the nett ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/4oySb0HzFG

Three goals and 3 points for Man City!

Substitute Rayan Cherki drives guardant and rolls a perfectly-weighted through-ball successful down for Savinho, who manages to excavation retired a left-footed changeable that nestles into the bottommost country - his archetypal Premier league extremity of the season.

MAN OF THE MATCH - PHIL FODEN

It is just to accidental that Phil Foden has had his just stock of struggles successful caller months, but against Palace, helium was handed his archetypal Premier League commencement since the opening of March and produced an eye-catching show astatine the bosom of Man City’s midfield.

The England planetary acceptable up some of City’s goals successful the archetypal fractional and helium created 5 chances successful total, astatine slightest 3 much than immoderate different subordinate connected the pitch. He was besides tenacious astatine times successful the middle, getting stuck into challenges and was not acrophobic to usage his assemblage to bushed opponents. A much-needed affirmative show for Foden.

MAN CITY VS. CRYSTAL PALACE MATCH STATS

Possession: Man City 72%-28% Crystal Palace

Shots: Man City 14-6 Crystal Palace

Shots connected target: Man City 4-2 Crystal Palace

Corners: Man City 9-4 Crystal Palace

Fouls: Man City 10-6 Crystal Palace

BEST STATS

2 - Phil Foden provided 2 assists successful the archetypal fractional against Crystal Palace, making it the archetypal clip successful his vocation that helium has provided aggregate assists successful the archetypal fractional of a Premier League match. Creator. pic.twitter.com/KbKkdUAEy6

WHAT NEXT?

Man City volition present crook their attraction to a grounds 4th successive FA Cup last arsenic they fastener horns with Chelsea successful the Wembley showpiece connected Saturday afternoon.

As for Crystal Palace, they are adjacent successful enactment connected Sunday erstwhile they question to the Gtech Community Stadium to look top-six hopefuls Brentford successful their penultimate Premier League lucifer of the season.