At 14:30 Lithuanian time, the second match of the 36th round of the England "Premier" League took place.
"Manchester City" fought for victory in front of their fans against the "Crystal Palace" club. Pep Guardiola's players had no difficulties with the visitors from the capital - they defeated them with a score of 5-0.
Already in the 2nd minute, the spectators gathered at the "Etihad" stadium rose from their seats - David Silva led the hosts forward with a great shot.
During the rest of the first half, the "citizens" did not score more goals, but in the second half, "Crystal Palace" could not handle the opponents on their half of the field.
In the 49th minute, Vincent Kompany increased the lead to two goals, and Kevin De Bruyne started the onslaught of the opponents in the 59th minute. In the 82nd minute, Raheem Sterling scored the fourth goal after a pass from Pablo Zabaleta, and at the end of the game, Nicolas Otamendi scored a beautiful header.
"Manchester City" with 69 points temporarily rises to third place, increasing their advantage over "Manchester United" in fifth place to 4 points.
"Crystal Palace" is in 16th place and has a 6-point advantage over the club in the relegation zone, "Swansea".
Result:
"Man City" 5 - 0 "Crystal Palace"
2' [1 - 0] D. Silva
49' [2 - 0] V. Kompany
59' [3 - 0] K. De Bruyne
82' [4 - 0] R. Sterling
90+3' [5 - 0] N. Otamendi
League table:
