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| Crystal Palace v Manchester City: Premier League – live! | Crystal Palace v Manchester City: Premier League – live! |
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| 8.23pm BST20:23 | |
| 23 min “It’s been gnawing at me a while,” emails Charles Antaki, “but why do the commentators insist on calling Silva ‘Davvid’? As I remember, Ginola was always ‘Daveed’”. | |
| I’m no expert, I’m afraid, but presumably his name isn’t Dayvid Silver. What I do find odd, though, is the use of accents - but only for Continental names. There was no Laindun Duhnavon, nor Dwight Yarke. | |
| Updated at 8.24pm BST | |
| 8.21pm BST20:21 | |
| 21 min City are bossing this now, passing accurately and with purpose. | |
| 8.20pm BST20:20 | |
| 19 min This is beautiful from City. Sagna finds Silva at inside-left, and he shuffles inside, as he does, gliding a pass to Aguero, loitering across the face of the box. Despite the attention of various defenders, he sidewinds back right, as he does, conjures a yard, as he does, and spins into a cross shot, as he does - it’s low and hard, but smacks the base of the far post. | |
| 8.18pm BST20:18 | |
| 18 min Puncheon drills a searching ball down the line, both Zaha and Bolasie charging at Kompany - he does well to arrive first and clear firmly. | |
| 8.16pm BST20:16 | |
| 16 min Murray is putting hissel aboot, winning headers against both Kompany and Demichelis, but City are quicker to the second balls than they were in the first ten minutes. | |
| Updated at 8.17pm BST | |
| 8.15pm BST20:15 | |
| 14 min Better few minutes for City, pushing Palace back and moving the ball sharply. Silva, on the right of the box, tries to stab a pass past Ledley, looking for Dzeko, but it catches a shoulder - there’re appeals for handball, but they’re nonsense. | |
| 8.14pm BST20:14 | |
| 11 min Ward raps a pass into Murray’s feet, Demichelis gets too close, and pulls him down to compensate. The free-kick is wasted, and Hart immediately clips downfield, Sander Westerveld-style. Haring off to the left is Aguero, and he nips by Speroni, who elects to come out. With Aguero too wide to shoot, he jockeys, and the bal’s cut back to Silva, arriving into the box. Ward’s presence forces him to jink, Speroni sprinting back to mind his net all the while, and the eventual shot clips his shoulder and dashes over the top. | |
| Updated at 8.14pm BST | |
| 8.10pm BST20:10 | |
| 10 min “Pardew does know something - how to finish 12th”, tweets Gary Baylor. “Some managers fit in at one level: Harry Bassett; Tony Pulis; Ian Holloway...” | |
| I agree - but I think Pardew might be better than that/ | |
| 8.08pm BST20:08 | |
| 8 min Ledley snaps a ball into Puncheon’s feet, and he flips it around the corner as Fernandinho rattles in from behind. Palace make nothing of the space it’s created, but they’ve already shown City that they’re in for a tricky evening. | |
| 8.06pm BST20:06 | |
| 6 min David Silva twinkles infield, opens his body, and glides a ball between Delaney and Kelly for Toure, but Speroni is out sharply to avert the danger. | |
| 8.05pm BST20:05 | |
| 4 min Bit of possession for City, but when Clichy’s cross is headed clear, Bolasie’s excellent ball away finds Murray. With little assistance nearby, he doesn’t back himself to get by the much quicker Kompany, and instead runs himself out of position. | |
| Updated at 8.11pm BST | |
| 8.03pm BST20:03 | |
| 1 min There’s a crackling atmosphere at Selhurst tonight, and Palace are at it right away, Zaha’s clever backheel facing the right touchline transferred inside to Murray. He spots Kelly advancing down the left - Sagna has been drawn inside - who snaps a perfect cross to the back post. It evades Puncheon, but only just, reaching Zaha, in hectares of space - but he leans back, ramming a side-footer over the top. Great move, miserable finish. | |
| Updated at 8.04pm BST | |
| 8.00pm BST20:00 | |
| 1 min Yo DJ, pump this party! | |
| 7.59pm BST19:59 | |
| Perhaps it’s the Croydon sun, but, for those of you watching in black and white, City are in the lilac shirts. | |
| 7.56pm BST19:56 | |
| Out come the players, cheerleaders, clapping. | |
| Updated at 7.58pm BST | |
| 7.51pm BST19:51 | |
| Returning to Puncheon - turned into a support striker by Pardew - makes me wonder what that makes him. A centralised winger? A 10/7? | |
| 7.45pm BST19:45 | 7.45pm BST19:45 |
| Mention of Papa Souare reminds me that Jonathan Pearce once called Tom Soares Tom Swarez. Which reminds me that in his Capital Gold “Ian Wright, Wright, Wright!” and “Ready, Teddy, Go!” days of the early-to-mid-90s, he was very good at his job indeed. | Mention of Papa Souare reminds me that Jonathan Pearce once called Tom Soares Tom Swarez. Which reminds me that in his Capital Gold “Ian Wright, Wright, Wright!” and “Ready, Teddy, Go!” days of the early-to-mid-90s, he was very good at his job indeed. |
| 7.41pm BST19:41 | 7.41pm BST19:41 |
| Back to this evening, I wonder if City might find it tricky to contain Palace’s wingers, given wide midfielders not much given to defending, and whether Jason Puncheon might find space behind City’s midfield, given Yaya Toure not much given to defending. | Back to this evening, I wonder if City might find it tricky to contain Palace’s wingers, given wide midfielders not much given to defending, and whether Jason Puncheon might find space behind City’s midfield, given Yaya Toure not much given to defending. |
| 7.36pm BST19:36 | 7.36pm BST19:36 |
| Tangentially, this is very funny. | Tangentially, this is very funny. |
| 7.35pm BST19:35 | 7.35pm BST19:35 |
| It’s your Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays I feel sorry for, all left out of the Gregorian namechange. So many alliterative and hyperbolic possibilities, all wasted. | It’s your Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays I feel sorry for, all left out of the Gregorian namechange. So many alliterative and hyperbolic possibilities, all wasted. |
| 7.33pm BST19:33 | 7.33pm BST19:33 |
| The lights are on! It’s MNF! | The lights are on! It’s MNF! |
| 7.22pm BST19:22 | 7.22pm BST19:22 |
| Palace make one change from their win at Stoke, your Martin Kellys replacing your Papa Souares; City insert your Bacary Sagnas in place of your Pablo Zabaletas, and Sagna, Demichelis, Fernandinho and Dzeko come in too, while your Yaya Toures is fit. | Palace make one change from their win at Stoke, your Martin Kellys replacing your Papa Souares; City insert your Bacary Sagnas in place of your Pablo Zabaletas, and Sagna, Demichelis, Fernandinho and Dzeko come in too, while your Yaya Toures is fit. |
| Updated at 7.47pm BST | Updated at 7.47pm BST |
| 7.16pm BST19:16 | 7.16pm BST19:16 |
| Teams, teams, good for the heart. | Teams, teams, good for the heart. |
| Crystal Palace (a rudimentary 4-2-3-1): Speroni; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Kelly; Ledley, McArthur; Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie; Murray. | Crystal Palace (a rudimentary 4-2-3-1): Speroni; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Kelly; Ledley, McArthur; Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie; Murray. |
| Subs: Hennessey, Hangeland, Souare, Boateng, Sanogo, Gayle, Ameobi | Subs: Hennessey, Hangeland, Souare, Boateng, Sanogo, Gayle, Ameobi |
| Manchester City (a continental 4-4-2): Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Navas, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva; Dzeko, Aguero | Manchester City (a continental 4-4-2): Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Navas, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva; Dzeko, Aguero |
| Subs: Caballero, Zabaleta, Mangala, Milner, Fernando, Nasri, Lampard | Subs: Caballero, Zabaleta, Mangala, Milner, Fernando, Nasri, Lampard |
| Updated at 7.18pm BST | Updated at 7.18pm BST |
| 7.00pm BST19:00 | 7.00pm BST19:00 |
| Preamble | Preamble |
| You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well, you just might find, you get what you need. Deep, man, pal, buddy, mate, mucker; makes you think, yeah? | You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well, you just might find, you get what you need. Deep, man, pal, buddy, mate, mucker; makes you think, yeah? |
| More or less, this is how Manchester City have aimed to do business since Manuel Pellegrini arrived at the club. Need a winger, buy Jesus Navas; need a defensive midfielder, buy Fernandinho and Fernando; need a striker, buy Alvaro Negredo, Stevan Jovetic and Wilfried Bony; need a centre-back, buy Martin Demichelis and Eliaquim Mangala; need a right-back, take Bacary Sagna on a free. | More or less, this is how Manchester City have aimed to do business since Manuel Pellegrini arrived at the club. Need a winger, buy Jesus Navas; need a defensive midfielder, buy Fernandinho and Fernando; need a striker, buy Alvaro Negredo, Stevan Jovetic and Wilfried Bony; need a centre-back, buy Martin Demichelis and Eliaquim Mangala; need a right-back, take Bacary Sagna on a free. |
| Though a few of those aren’t bad, perhaps only Mangala was a first choice - the rest play positions in which there was a vacancy, and as such, were expected to fill them; they have not. This isn’t all City’s fault; yes, they should’ve chosen more wisely, and yes, they have benefitted from various strains of the outrageous, but Uefa might also have arranged a salary and transfer cap, rather than instituting FFP to protect the existing cartel; they did not. | Though a few of those aren’t bad, perhaps only Mangala was a first choice - the rest play positions in which there was a vacancy, and as such, were expected to fill them; they have not. This isn’t all City’s fault; yes, they should’ve chosen more wisely, and yes, they have benefitted from various strains of the outrageous, but Uefa might also have arranged a salary and transfer cap, rather than instituting FFP to protect the existing cartel; they did not. |
| So, here they are: out of Europe, out of the Cup, and fourth in the league. And, because with new status comes new expectations, it may be that Pellegrini is already for the off; a bad end to the season and it’ll be almost inevitable. | So, here they are: out of Europe, out of the Cup, and fourth in the league. And, because with new status comes new expectations, it may be that Pellegrini is already for the off; a bad end to the season and it’ll be almost inevitable. |
| Alan Pardew was confirmed as manager of Crystal Palace on 2 January; at the time, his new old club were third-bottom of the league, with 17 points from 20 games. Now, they are twelfth, with 36 points from 30 games, as safe as Newcastle are sorry. | Alan Pardew was confirmed as manager of Crystal Palace on 2 January; at the time, his new old club were third-bottom of the league, with 17 points from 20 games. Now, they are twelfth, with 36 points from 30 games, as safe as Newcastle are sorry. |
| In particular, Pardew has drilled his defence properly and extracted improvements from Wilfried Zaha and Jason Puncheon, but, more generally, his confidence and zest has permeated the performances of all his players. Like it or not, he knows something. | In particular, Pardew has drilled his defence properly and extracted improvements from Wilfried Zaha and Jason Puncheon, but, more generally, his confidence and zest has permeated the performances of all his players. Like it or not, he knows something. |
| Kick-off: 8pm | Kick-off: 8pm |