At 23 o'clock on December 16, Beijing time, the 17th round of the 2023-24 English Premier League season continued, and the defending champion Manchester City hosted Crystal Palace. Manchester City opened the scoring through Jack Grealish, the 19-year-old netted his first goal, Mateta pulled one back, and in stoppage time, Michael Olise equalised to make it 2-2 to Crystal Palace.
The home side had a chance to threaten the goal early on, and in the fifth minute, Julián Alvarez's header from a team-mate's cross was saved by Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson. In the 9th minute, Ruben Dias took the ball and finished a long-range shot wide. In the 24th minute, Foden received a diagonal pass and distributed the ball to Grealish, who swept the ball into the box with his feet, but there were some offside suspicions, and the referee intervened through VAR to determine that there was no problem with the goal, and Manchester City led Crystal Palace 1-0.
It is worth mentioning that this is Grealish's third consecutive Premier League goal, and the first time in his career that he has scored in three consecutive Premier League games!In the 31st minute, Manchester City midfielder Rodri successfully sent a long ball to find Gvardiol, whose shot in the box was blocked by Henderson. In the 40th minute, Foden hit the side-netting with a long-range shot from outside the box.
In the 44th minute, Palace won a free-kick on the edge of the box, and Michael Olisse took the free-kick straight over the goal. In the second half, in the 53rd minute, Manchester City got a free kick opportunity on the left side of the field, Alvarez took the free kick and scored directly, but Rodri interfered with the goalkeeper for offside in front of the goal, so Alvarez's goal was invalidated.
In the 55th minute, Manchester City's 19-year-old Rico Lewis scored his first Premier League goal, Manchester City 2-0 Crystal Palace. In the 63rd minute, Bernardo Silva's shot from outside the box was saved by Henderson. In the 76th minute, Schlupp crossed from the bottom of the penalty area, and Mateta, who was outflanked in front of the goal, shoveled the goal to pull a goal back, and Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City.
In stoppage time, in the 95th minute, Foden sent a penalty, Crystal Palace won a penalty, Michael Olisse scored from the penalty to complete the equalizer, and Crystal Palace drew 2-2 away to Premier League champions Manchester City, with both sides taking one point each. Manchester City dropped points again, winning just one of their four Premier League games this month, with one defeat and two draws in the remaining three
After this round, Manchester City has 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 34 points and continuing to rank 4th in the Premier League standings, 3 points behind Liverpool, the leader of the table with one game less.