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– Manchester City suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
– Wilfried Zaha scored early on while Conor Gallagher grabbed a late second as City finished the game with 10 men after Aymeric Laporte was sent off in the first half.
– Pep Guardiola’s side slipped to only their second Premier League defeat of the season on the Spaniard’s 200th game in charge at the club.
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– City remain third in the league table while Palace move up to 13th position.
– The visitors took a shock lead after early on when Gallagher dispossessed Laporte to play in Zaha to score his 50th Premier League goal for Palace.
– Following the opener, Palace defended well and City failed to create many clear-cut chances throughout the first half.
– Just before the break, the hosts were reduced to 10 men after Laporte brought down Zaha and was shown a straight red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.
– Palace should have doubled their lead five minutes into the second half but Marc Guehi failed to hit the target with a close-range header.
– Within the space of two minutes, both sides had goals ruled out for offside. Zaha thought he scored his second of the day but his strike was disallowed.
– Moments later, Gabriel Jesus put the ball in the back of the net but after a lengthy VAR check, the goal was ruled out as Phil Foden was offside in the build up.
– With two minutes remaining, Gallagher sealed an impressive win for Palace with a curling finish past City goalkeeper Ederson.
