Manchester (England): diamond palace‘s wilfred zaha And Conor Gallagher Scored a goal each to deal a 2-0 home defeat to the champions Manchester City In Premier League on Saturday.
The result ended Palace’s four consecutive draws and gave them only their second win of the season. For City, it was their second loss of the week after their League Cup loss to West Ham United.
“They have good players. I knew it would be a real tough game. I watched Brighton and Arsenal games. I knew how tough they would be. They showed it today,” said City manager Pep Guardiola, who is his Taking charge was the 200th Premier League match.
Palace took the lead in the sixth minute when Zaha’s left footed shot found its way past Ederson, when Emerick Laporte was captured by Gallagher.
City’s midfield with little time on the ball put the visitors under heavy pressure in the opening exchanges, leading to several stray passes and few clear chances in front of goal.
Laporte’s disappointing afternoon ended prematurely in first-half stoppage time when he was shown a straight red card for bringing down Zaha and denying the Ivory Coast international an opportunity to score.
Zaha, who was involved in a brawl with the opposition players after the halftime whistle, said, “It was about getting in their faces and not letting them play. We know how good they are, we wanted to show them what we could do.” Huh.”
Guardiola said: “May be yellow card, may be red. It depends on the decision of the boss, referee.. Unfortunately today, many things went wrong and we lost the game.”
City found their progress after the break and Gabriel Jesus put the ball into the net at the hour mark, only to be chalked out after Phil Foden was found offside in the build-up.
Guardiola sent Riyadh Mahrezo And Raheem Sterling Looking for an equalizer, Gallagher put the game beyond doubt with an excellent finish in the 88th minute after a sharp Palace counter-attack.
Gallagher said, “Honestly it was fantastic. After all we deserve what it was despite what it felt like to have a little luck on our side. To get three points against a team like this is a great feeling.”
Zaha put the win under the influence of manager Patrick Vieira.
The winger said, “He knows what he is talking about and we have all seen him do it. It is real because he was an amazing player. Every player is buying it and slowly the results will come.” ”
Palace moved up to 13th place in the table with 12 points from 10 matches. City are third on 20 points, five behind leaders Chelsea.
The result ended Palace’s four consecutive draws and gave them only their second win of the season. For City, it was their second loss of the week after their League Cup loss to West Ham United.
“They have good players. I knew it would be a real tough game. I watched Brighton and Arsenal games. I knew how tough they would be. They showed it today,” said City manager Pep Guardiola, who is his Taking charge was the 200th Premier League match.
Palace took the lead in the sixth minute when Zaha’s left footed shot found its way past Ederson, when Emerick Laporte was captured by Gallagher.
City’s midfield with little time on the ball put the visitors under heavy pressure in the opening exchanges, leading to several stray passes and few clear chances in front of goal.
Laporte’s disappointing afternoon ended prematurely in first-half stoppage time when he was shown a straight red card for bringing down Zaha and denying the Ivory Coast international an opportunity to score.
Zaha, who was involved in a brawl with the opposition players after the halftime whistle, said, “It was about getting in their faces and not letting them play. We know how good they are, we wanted to show them what we could do.” Huh.”
Guardiola said: “May be yellow card, may be red. It depends on the decision of the boss, referee.. Unfortunately today, many things went wrong and we lost the game.”
City found their progress after the break and Gabriel Jesus put the ball into the net at the hour mark, only to be chalked out after Phil Foden was found offside in the build-up.
Guardiola sent Riyadh Mahrezo And Raheem Sterling Looking for an equalizer, Gallagher put the game beyond doubt with an excellent finish in the 88th minute after a sharp Palace counter-attack.
Gallagher said, “Honestly it was fantastic. After all we deserve what it was despite what it felt like to have a little luck on our side. To get three points against a team like this is a great feeling.”
Zaha put the win under the influence of manager Patrick Vieira.
The winger said, “He knows what he is talking about and we have all seen him do it. It is real because he was an amazing player. Every player is buying it and slowly the results will come.” ”
Palace moved up to 13th place in the table with 12 points from 10 matches. City are third on 20 points, five behind leaders Chelsea.
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