Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, led the “Blues” to defeat Crystal Palace 4-2 at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Saturday. On April 6 he led to the promotion
temporarily elevated to the position of deputy leader
After playing 31 games, Manchester City increased to 70 points, equal to Liverpool, but the “Reds” had a better goal difference of 2 goals and also played 1 game less, while Arsenal fell.
Moved into 3rd place with 68 points from 30 games.
From the victory of the “Blue Sailboat” there are 5 interesting points as follows.
1. Foden’s boat
Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden is doing a great job. And the previous game was a 4-1 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday night, April 3, and he scored a hat-trick and became favorite to win.
Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year Award
However, Pep decided to drop Foden only as a substitute in this game. The Spanish coach gave the reason that he wanted to rest for some time. After fighting hard And this season there are still many games left to play.
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“As a team manager When you don’t let the players play My decisions are always difficult. We still have many more games. Phil Foden played 96 minutes against Arsenal and also played a tight game.
Friendly to the England national team too There are many games. That’s why we made that decision,” said Pep.
2. The local team opened beautifully but in the end they could not resist.
Crystal Palace took the lead over Man City in the third minute of the game from Jean-Philippe Mateta, which was the team’s fastest strike. “Prasat Ruean Kaew” this season
However, it didn’t take long for the “Blues” to equalize 1-1 with a lovely strike from Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in the 13th minute before Rico Lewis fired past the ahead 2-1 in the 47th minute.
Erling Haaland then gave Manchester City a 3-1 lead in the 66th minute before De Bruyne added a second goal of his own to put the team 4-1 away in the 70th minute, but the home side went down 2 -4 from Edouard.
86 minutes
3. De Bruyne, the big one
Kevin De Bruyne was rested in Manchester City’s win over Aston Villa before Pep brought him into the starting XI against Crystal Palace and the Belgium star. He did not disappoint the boss.
De Bruyne scored 2 goals and 1 assist in this game, bringing his goals tally to 16 in 2024 (4 goals, 12 assists), surpassed only by Premier League player Cole Palmer (17)
more than him
De Bruyne also scored exactly 100 goals for Manchester City and provided 167 assists in 372 games.
4. Haaland is back.
Erling Haaland, Norwegian national team striker Come back to score a goal for Manchester City again after several bad games. And in the game with Arsenal 0-0, Roy Keane criticized him for playing as a player.
League Level Two
The 23-year-old striker was rested for Manchester City’s win over Aston Villa and it looks like a great decision by Pep after helping to keep the players fresh. and came back to score again
Haaland has scored 19 goals in the Premier League this season, ending Mohamed Salah, Cole Palmer, Dominic Solanke and Ollie Watkins in the chase, and they are equal on 16 goals.
5. Palas still can’t trust.
Since the Austrian manager, Oliver Glasner, took charge of Crystal Palace in February, he has only led the team to victory in one game.
Even now, Crystal Palace are still 14th in the table with 30 points from 31 games and 8 points ahead of 18th placed Luton Town, but they still can’t be confident while avoiding relegation.
Glasner’s team still has a tough schedule left. There are many games starting from visiting Liverpool, the leading team in the next game. Including still having to face teams like West Ham, Newcastle, Manchester United and
Aston Villa too
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