Manchester Metropolis’s Rico Lewis bagged a second-half purpose earlier than being proven a purple card within the dying minutes as his struggling group might solely handle a degree in a 2-2 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace at a moist and windy Selhurst Park on Saturday.
Erling Haaland additionally scored for Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis, who’ve gone six away video games with no win in all competitions and remained fourth within the league standings on 27 factors after 15 video games. Palace are 4 factors above the drop zone in sixteenth.
“We take a degree. We fought unimaginable and got here again twice,” Guardiola informed BBC Sport. “It is a season to undergo. We’ll see what occurs within the final months.
“We tried. Massive praise for the opponent. We can not discuss in regards to the title race once we lose 4 video games in a row and draw. We have now to do extra video games to be constant. It is troublesome within the scenario we’ve. I am actually happy for the gamers — they fought and did every part.”
Metropolis have been shaky on the again early on and Daniel Muñoz bought Palace on the scoresheet within the fourth minute when he latched onto a go from Will Hughes and slotted it into the far nook previous Stefan Ortega.
The German keeper, who began instead of Éderson for the third successive recreation, will rue not stopping Muñoz’s shot after managing to get a hand on it.
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Metropolis equalised within the thirtieth minute when Haaland leapt to go house Matheus Nunes’s lengthy cross into the far nook. His thirteenth league purpose of the season drew him degree with the league’s prime scorer Mohamed Salah of Liverpool.
Maxence Lacroix put Palace forward towards the run of play within the 56th minute when he leapt, fully unmarked, to go in Hughes’ nook.
However Metropolis drew degree once more within the 68th when Bernardo Silva threaded a fantastic by way of ball to Lewis, who emphatically fired house for his first purpose of the season and third league purpose of his profession.
Metropolis have been lowered to 10 males within the 84th minute after Lewis picked up his second yellow for a deal with on Trevoh Chalobah. Guardiola made an offended beeline for the officers after the ultimate whistle to argue the choice.
Guardiola’s aspect have been coming off a completely dominant 3-0 house victory over Nottingham Forest which marked a return to successful methods after what had been a tricky run of outcomes, however the celebration was short-lived.
“With Man Metropolis it is at all times two factors misplaced,” Metropolis midfielder Silva stated. “One level is best than zero however we’re not completely happy in the meanwhile. We all know our scenario with accidents. Coming to Crystal Palace is rarely simple however we’ve to do higher.
“After I end a recreation and I get a degree I am not completely happy. It isn’t the way in which we constructed this group, it is not our customary.”
If the draw felt like a loss for Metropolis, the sensation was far completely different for Palace, who completed the week unbeaten after a mid-week draw with Newcastle United.
“We’re happy with the purpose and lots of elements of the efficiency. It seems like if we would carried out at our greatest degree we might have received the sport,” Palace boss Oliver Glasner stated.
“An unbeaten week with attracts towards Newcastle and Manchester Metropolis, every part is okay. We need to enhance and get higher in some conditions and we might win these video games.”
Guardiola’s aspect squandered a number of different possibilities together with an early point-blank shot from Haaland that Palace keeper Dean Henderson stopped with the aspect of his face, after which was down for a number of minutes receiving remedy earlier than persevering with.
Ilkay Gündogan additionally fired a protracted shot off the put up within the first half.