While Liverpool did not play their Mersey derby on Saturday due to a storm in the North West of England, Manchester City, traveling to South London, only took one point against Crystal Palace (1-1), Saturday for the 15th day of the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s team finally reacted during the week by beating Nottingham (3-0). after his four defeats in a row in the championship. But she therefore misses the opportunity to get closer to the Liverpool leader, who is now eight lengths behind.
This weekend may indeed allow Chelsea and Arsenal, the two runners-up of the Reds, to return to the retro (4 points) of Mohamed Salah and others. Gunners and Blues play a capital derby, respectively in the dens of Fulham (3 p.m.) and Tottenham (5:30 p.m.). Man City has a meeting next week with their derby against United…
Man City finishes at 10
Against Palace, the Cityzens could count on Kevin De Bruyne in the starting lineup but they had a lot of trouble being dangerous after the Eagles opened the scoring by Daniel Munoz (4th). Erling Haaland equalized with a header from a cross from Matheus Nunes (30th), for his 13th goal in the PL (as many as Salah). Again in the second half with the second London goal scored by French defender Maxence Lacroix (57th).
The Mancunians equalized 20 minutes from the end of the match thanks to Rico Lewis, perfectly launched by Bernardo Silva full axis (68th) but the 20-year-old full-back/central midfielder received a second warning to be excluded in the 84th minute. Guardiola only launched Jack Grealish in place of “KDB” for the last minutes (86th). In vain. This reigning champion is uninspired this season.
