After last week’s aberration, normal service is resumed this week as I can talk about those City losers dropping more points. Even before they turned to shit they would often have problems against Palace so this wasn’t exactly a shock result, especially given City’s recent form, but it’s still great seeing them suffer.
Palace are a bogey side for them though, no question. They’re right there alongside Spurs and - to a lesser extent - Wolves as unfancied teams that have a decent track record of causing City problems, and so it proved once again.
Munoz put Palace in front early when he ran in behind and finished well. City wanted offside but the “greatest right back in Premier League history” Kyle Walker was asleep on the opposite side of the field and playing him on.
City hit back and should have equalised through the cave troll but Henderson denied him. Gundogan hit the post too but Palace always looked dangerous on the break so it felt like it could go either way. Henderson then undid his earlier good work when he came for a cross he was never going to get and allowed Haaland to equalise.
Usually that would be the catalyst for City to go on and win, but this isn’t that City anymore and Lacroix got above “the greatest right back in Premier League history” to head Palace in front again. Rico Lewis equalised but was then sent off for a second booking.
He’s unlucky as the second one isn’t even a foul, but it sure looked like one on first view and top Red Rob Jones reached for his pocket. I reckon any referee would make that same decision as its only when you see the slow motion replay that it becomes clear Lewis doesn’t foul him. In real time that’s a second yellow all day.
Still, Guardiola had to have his weird little tantrum about it. He just kept saying “It’s Rico” when he was asked about why he was sent off. Fucking weirdo. There’s something wrong with him isn’t there? When you’re winning it gets passed off as being “quirky” or “eccentric” but when you’re losing you just seem like a fucking bellend.
For all the talk about what’s going wrong with City and what their problems are, my Dad thinks that it’s just because the refs have stopped helping them out because of all of these charges they are facing. Rats deserting the sinking ship if you like. I don’t think it’s that at all, but it is noticeable that they haven’t been getting the kind of help they’ve become accustomed to, and I also thought it was a bit weird that Webb appointed a Liverpool fan to a City game. Have they finally fallen foul of PGMOL?
The followed it up by losing 2-0 in Turin and they’ve put themselves in a tricky spot now if they’re going to secure a playoff spot. They have PSG away next and if they were to lose that then they’d be in real trouble. Their last game is at home to Bruges, so you’d assume they’ll win that but it might not be enough. And imagine a Simon Mignolet penalty save from Haaland to knock them out!
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