Crystal Palace vs Manchester City: Title race gets tighter

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City: The defending Premier League champions and current leaders dropped two more points at Selhurst Park on Monday, affording Liverpool the opportunity to move to within one point by winning their game in hand.

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Manchester City having played one game more than the Reds for much of 2022, the game in hand has loomed large for weeks now, and though was kicked well down the road, Liverpool are perfect in their last eight Premier League fixtures, while Man City have dropped seven points in seven games. Given their incredibly lofty standards, this is undeniably a hugely worrying development.

The 0-0 draw leaves Manchester City (70 points) just four above Liverpool, with the Reds set to play their game in hand on Wednesday, away to Arsenal. Crystal Palace (34 points – 11th place), meanwhile, have themselves another impressive result — their second against Man City this season — as they look right at home among the mid-table mess from 9th-15th (seven places separated by just six points).

Final score: Crystal Palace 0, Manchester City 0

Goal scorers: Crystal Palace (None), Manchester City (None

Shots: Crystal Palace 7, Manchester City 18

Shots on target: Crystal Palace 1, Manchester City 4

Possession: Crystal Palace 26%, Manchester City 74%

1. Palace prove last time no fluke: Back on Oct. 30, Crystal Palace served up one of the shocks of the season, when they went to the Etihad Stadium and beat Man City 2-0. Though it was a shock all those months ago, they proved on Monday that it wasn’t necessarily a one-off, not a fluke. Once again, all 11 players defended as one — almost exclusively deep inside their own half and defensive third — and they made things just difficult