LONDON: Ederson's last-gasp penalty heroics saved Manchester City from defeat however a Zero-Zero stalemate at Crystal Palace on Sunday introduced the Premier League leaders' record-breaking 18-match successful run to an finish.
Luka Milivojevic used to be presented with the chance to seal a memorable victory for Roy Hodgson's relegation-threatened facet when Wilfried Zaha used to be introduced down through Raheem Sterling in damage time.
READ ALSO: De Bruyne carried off at Palace as Jesus additionally suffers damage
But the Palace midfielder struck his spot-kick too on the subject of Ederson, permitting the City goalkeeper to keep his facet's 21-game unbeaten begin to the league marketing campaign.
City's failure to attain in a league recreation for the primary time since final April meant they fell brief in their bid to equivalent Bayern Munich 19-game successful run of four years in the past, the longest in Europe's 5 main leagues, set underneath their current boss Pep Guardiola.
And City's afternoon used to be additional soured when Kevin De Bruyne used to be stretchered off in an instant after the spot-kick following an ugly problem through Palace exchange Jason Puncheon.
Guardiola, who additionally stated forward Gabriel Jesus used to be more likely to be out for up to two months after an damage early within the recreation, known as for referees to take company action.
"Please, referees, they have to protect players," he stated. "We have been fortunate towards Tottenham and towards Newcastle. Today we were not fortunate.
"Referees have to give protection to. We understand how strong physically it is England however teams omit big players, now not simply Manchester City. The replay speaks for itself. We have to give protection to players."
Hodgson claimed before the game there used to be "no magic components" to competing with City, insisting his Palace facet's hopes of getting one thing from the game hinged on working hard and protecting nicely whilst maintaining an attacking danger.
The supervisor may well be happy that right through the outlet 45 mins his players caught to the prescribed plan to the extent that through the half-time break, the frustration among Guardiola's players used to be obvious.
There used to be an early sign the guests is probably not at their best possible when a breakdown in communication between Eliaquim Mangala and Ederson resulted in the goalkeeper directing an tried clearance towards his centre-back, presenting Christian Benteke with a possibility that he may just now not take.
Both aspects have been compelled into early adjustments, with Palace captain Scott Dann being stretchered off within the 19th minute and City striker Jesus following in a while afterwards.
The subsequent reshuffle appeared to have an effect on the guests extra, with Palace rising extra into the game the longer the half went on.
Sergio Aguero, Jesus's alternative, struck the publish within the 28th minute with a deflected shot from the threshold of the penalty house however that proved to be a rare moment of outrage for home goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.
And whilst Palace have been not able to carve out many clear possibilities on the different finish, Wilfried Zaha used to be a continuing danger down the Palace left, frequently getting the simpler of City right-back Kyle Walker.
An animated dialog between De Bruyne and Leroy Sane showed the sense that City have been rising more and more uncomfortable.
Palace discovered it a long way tougher to be as expansive after the restart, when City in the end began to transport during the gears.
But Hennessey proved equivalent to the duty, blockading Leroy Sane's close-range volley on the a long way publish and denying De Bruyne as City struggled to search out openings in a well-drilled Palace backline.
And they will have to have entered the general 14 mins of the game wanting a objective to get again on degree terms after Andros Townsend ignored the house facet's best possible chance of the half before Milivojevic used to be passed his late opportunity to clinch the issues.
Luka Milivojevic used to be presented with the chance to seal a memorable victory for Roy Hodgson's relegation-threatened facet when Wilfried Zaha used to be introduced down through Raheem Sterling in damage time.
READ ALSO: De Bruyne carried off at Palace as Jesus additionally suffers damage
But the Palace midfielder struck his spot-kick too on the subject of Ederson, permitting the City goalkeeper to keep his facet's 21-game unbeaten begin to the league marketing campaign.
City's failure to attain in a league recreation for the primary time since final April meant they fell brief in their bid to equivalent Bayern Munich 19-game successful run of four years in the past, the longest in Europe's 5 main leagues, set underneath their current boss Pep Guardiola.
And City's afternoon used to be additional soured when Kevin De Bruyne used to be stretchered off in an instant after the spot-kick following an ugly problem through Palace exchange Jason Puncheon.
Guardiola, who additionally stated forward Gabriel Jesus used to be more likely to be out for up to two months after an damage early within the recreation, known as for referees to take company action.
"Please, referees, they have to protect players," he stated. "We have been fortunate towards Tottenham and towards Newcastle. Today we were not fortunate.
"Referees have to give protection to. We understand how strong physically it is England however teams omit big players, now not simply Manchester City. The replay speaks for itself. We have to give protection to players."
Hodgson claimed before the game there used to be "no magic components" to competing with City, insisting his Palace facet's hopes of getting one thing from the game hinged on working hard and protecting nicely whilst maintaining an attacking danger.
The supervisor may well be happy that right through the outlet 45 mins his players caught to the prescribed plan to the extent that through the half-time break, the frustration among Guardiola's players used to be obvious.
There used to be an early sign the guests is probably not at their best possible when a breakdown in communication between Eliaquim Mangala and Ederson resulted in the goalkeeper directing an tried clearance towards his centre-back, presenting Christian Benteke with a possibility that he may just now not take.
Both aspects have been compelled into early adjustments, with Palace captain Scott Dann being stretchered off within the 19th minute and City striker Jesus following in a while afterwards.
The subsequent reshuffle appeared to have an effect on the guests extra, with Palace rising extra into the game the longer the half went on.
Sergio Aguero, Jesus's alternative, struck the publish within the 28th minute with a deflected shot from the threshold of the penalty house however that proved to be a rare moment of outrage for home goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.
And whilst Palace have been not able to carve out many clear possibilities on the different finish, Wilfried Zaha used to be a continuing danger down the Palace left, frequently getting the simpler of City right-back Kyle Walker.
An animated dialog between De Bruyne and Leroy Sane showed the sense that City have been rising more and more uncomfortable.
Palace discovered it a long way tougher to be as expansive after the restart, when City in the end began to transport during the gears.
But Hennessey proved equivalent to the duty, blockading Leroy Sane's close-range volley on the a long way publish and denying De Bruyne as City struggled to search out openings in a well-drilled Palace backline.
And they will have to have entered the general 14 mins of the game wanting a objective to get again on degree terms after Andros Townsend ignored the house facet's best possible chance of the half before Milivojevic used to be passed his late opportunity to clinch the issues.
Man City winning run ends in draw at Crystal Palace
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