Man City drop points at Palace, error-strewn Man United lose to Forest

Manchester City's struggles continued in a 2-2 Premier League draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday (Dec 7), while Manchester United lost 3-2 in their first defeat by Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford in 30 years to prolong their rocky start under Ruben Amorim.

Brentford extended their unbeaten home run with a 4-2 win over Newcastle United, while Aston Villa beat Southampton 1-0.

Liverpool, who lead the standings, were set to kick off the weekend action at Everton, but the last ever Merseyside league derby at Goodison Park was postponed due to Storm Darragh.

Erling Haaland and Rico Lewis scored for City, who won in midweek but have lost four of their last six league games and twice trailed at a wet and windy Selhurst Park.

They remain fourth on 27 points, a point behind Chelsea and Arsenal and eight off Liverpool but having played a game more.

"We take a point. We fought incredible and came back twice," City manager Pep Guardiola told the BBC. "It's a season to suffer. We'll see what happens in the last months.

"We tried. We cannot talk about the title race when we lose four games in a row and draw. We have to do more games to be consistent. It's difficult in the situation we have. I'm really pleased for the players - they fought and did everything."

Daniel Munoz and Maxence Lacroix scored for Palace. City defender Lewis got their second equaliser in the 68th minute but was shown a red card in the 84th after a second booking.

Manchester United's defensive weaknesses were exploited again as they fell to Forest, who are two points behind City in fifth, while the scale of the task facing Amorim was apparent as his side languish in 13th place after a disjointed display. 

"Tough game in a tough moment, but we have to continue the job,"