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Manchester City's goalless draw against Crystal Palace on Monday evening was an incredibly frustrating result. City dominated and created plenty of chances unlike in some of their recent outings, but they just could not finish any of them off.

Pep Guardiola's side now know that a win for Liverpool against Arsenal will trim their lead at the top of the Premier League table to a solitary point, a situations few imagined possible a few months ago. With City's next league game coming a few hours after Liverpool take on Watford on April 2nd, City could make the journey up to Burnley no longer top of the standings.

To analyse City's frustrating night, City Is Ours has put together a summary of the most notable things we noticed at Selhurst Park. Welcome to our latest instalment of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'.

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The good

The fact that City were able to find ways through Palace's compact defence and create lots of chances was obviously a good thing, but one individual who particularly stood out was in the defensive half of the team.

Ruben Dias' injury has allowed John Stones to come back into the team and he has been brilliant. The England man was great alongside Dias last season, but he has always been regarded as a player who needs to start games consistently to get into his stride.

Now he's showing the opposite; despite barely featuring in the league this season he looks like he hasn't missed a game, and against Palace he was at his composed and creative best. Because of him, Dias' absence won't be felt as keenly as it might otherwise have been.

The bad

This is a bit of an obvious one, but you could go as far as to say