Premier League
Crystal Palace’s unimaginable record against City
Crystal Palace not only went unbeaten in their two Premier League clashes with Manchester City this year, they also didn’t concede a goal, becoming only the second team under Guardiola’s time.
Manchester City started at Selhurst Park on Monday night on a 16-game win streak in their last 18 league games but faced a rising Crystal Palace as evidenced by just two defeats in their last eight Premier League games. 3 inside) and 3. Chelsea (0-1 inside).
As a result of the above data, the battle between them in the 29th game was extremely exciting and the final brought the Londoners with a smile and drew the white ribbon.
They had every reason to, as not only did they not manage to lose to Manchester City for the first time since 1995, they kept it close in both games after winning 2-0 in the first round at Etihad.
What the East London team can be proud of is that they have joined an extremely small club and are only the second team in Pep Guardiola’s six years on the City bench to record a zero-sum deficit in both games against the Manchester Blues could sustain the same season for the Premier League.
As for the first one I taught, that’s Manchester United, who drew 0-0 against City in the first round at Old Trafford last season and won 2-0 in the second round at the Etihad.
Even more… paranoid about City? The White draw in her second game in a row (she had lost 0-0 at home to Sporting in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16) is something Pep Guardiola has never happened on her bench the last time it happened to her March 2016.
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