Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola led the “Blues” team to victory over Crystal Palace 4-2 at Selhurst Park in the English Premier League on Saturday, April 6.
He temporarily rose to the position of deputy commander
After playing 31 matches, Manchester City’s score rose to 70 points, equal to Liverpool, but the “Reds” had a better goal difference by two goals and also played one less match, while Arsenal declined.
It rose to third place with 68 points from 30 matches.
From the victory of “Blue Sailboat” there are 5 interesting points as follows.
1. Foden boat
Phil Foden, the Manchester City midfielder, is doing a fantastic job. The previous match ended with a 4-1 victory for Aston Villa on Wednesday, April 3, and he has just scored a hat-trick and become the favorite to win.
Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year Award
However, Pep decided to drop Foden as a substitute only for this match. The Spanish coach explained why he wanted to rest for a while. After the hard fighting this season there are still many matches left.
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“As a team manager when you don't let the players play my decisions are always difficult. We still have more games to play, Phil Foden played 96 minutes against Arsenal and also played a close game.
A friendly match with England too, there are a lot of matches. “That's why we made this decision,” Pep said.
2. The home team opened up beautifully but in the end they couldn't resist.
Crystal Palace took the lead over Manchester City in the third minute of the match through Jean-Philippe Mateta, who had the team's fastest shot. “Prasat Ruan Kayo” this season
But it did not take long for the Blues to equalize 1-1 with a beautiful shot from Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in the 13th minute before Rico Luis shot into the team's goal, giving the away team a 2-1 lead. Minute 47.
Then Manchester City took the lead 3-1 through Erling Haaland in the 66th minute, before De Bruyne added the second own goal to help the team advance 4-1 in the 70th minute, but the local team fell 2-4 to Edouard.
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3. De Bruyne, the great
Kevin De Bruyne was rested in Manchester City's win over Aston Villa before Pep included him in the starting line-up against Crystal Palace and the Belgian star. And his boss did not disappoint.
De Bruyne scored two goals and one assist in this match, bringing his number of goalscoring contributions to 16 in 2024 (4 goals, 12 assists), with only Premier League player Cole Palmer (17) having done it.
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De Bruyne also scored exactly 100 goals for Manchester City and provided 167 assists in 372 matches.
4. Haaland is back.
Erling Haaland, the Norwegian national team striker, returned to score a goal for Manchester City again after several poor matches. In the 0-0 match with Arsenal, Roy Keane criticized him for playing like a player.
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The 23-year-old striker was rested during Manchester City's win over Aston Villa and it appears to be a great decision by Pep after helping to keep the players fresh. And he came back to score again
Haaland scored 19 goals in the Premier League this season, ahead of Mohamed Salah, Cole Palmer, Dominic Solanke and Ollie Watkins in the chase, and tied with 16 goals.
5. The Palace is still not trusted.
Since Austrian coach Oliver Glasner took charge of Crystal Palace last February, he has led the team to win only one match.
Even at this time, Crystal Palace is still in 14th place in the table with 30 points from 31 matches, 8 points behind Luton Town in 18th place, but they still cannot count on their escape from relegation.
Glasner's team still has a tough program ahead of it. There are many matches starting with the visit of Liverpool, the team leader, in the next match. Including continuing to face teams such as West Ham, Newcastle, Manchester United and
Aston Villa too
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