'Late implosion' - What the national media made of Man City's dramatic draw vs Crystal Palace

Manchester City threw away a two-goal lead in careless fashion to draw 2-2 at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola's side looked set for a comfortable win as the hour-mark passed, with Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis scoring either side of half-time. City were completely dominant but failed to kill the game off and were set for a nervy finish when Jean-Phillipe Mateta pulled one back.

Palace frontman Mateta was then fouled by Phil Foden inside the penalty area, allowing Michael Olise to nick a point from the spot in added-time. City flew to Jeddah overnight for the Club World Cup off the back of three home Premier League games without a win for the first time since 2016.

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Here's what the national papers made of the disappointing result.

Phil Foden will not wish to see a replay of the hoof that struck Jean-Philippe Mateta’s shin and felled him in Manchester City’s penalty area and led Paul Tierney to point to the spot deep in added time. The referee was correct: Foden’s agricultural challenge was a cast-iron penalty and so up stepped Michael Olise with cucumber cool to roll the ball to Edison’s right for the equaliser, City’s goalkeeper guessing the wrong way.

This sealed the proverbial nightmare for Foden, whose anguish was deepened by him ceding possession for the Palace sequence that led to the penalty. The video assistant referee checked Tierney’s decision – possibly for a push on Foden – but the penalty stood and after the restart Palace again roved up the champions’ end and might have grabbed the winner, City thwarting a late, late