Crystal Palace 0-3 Man City: Haaland & Foden seal 3 pts for visitors from away

Manchester City moved back within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal as Erling Haaland scored twice in a commanding 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Match Report

Having seen the Gunners snatch a dramatic 2-1 victory over bottom club Wolves on Saturday, City arrived at Selhurst Park five points adrift in the title race.

And they came under plenty of pressure against their FA Cup conquerors, with Yeremy Pino and Adam Wharton striking the woodwork in either half for Oliver Glasner's hosts.

But Haaland opened the scoring with a downward header from Matheus Nunes' pinpoint cross after 41 minutes, capping a flowing, 25-pass move from Pep Guardiola's men.

If City's first goal was all about the collective, their second resulted from two moments of individual genius. Rayan Cherki darted between Wharton and Will Hughes before timing his offload to perfection, with Phil Foden then picking out the bottom-right corner from 20 yards.

And there was still time for the visitors to add a third goal, as substitute Savinho raced clear and was tripped by Dean Henderson less than three minutes after coming on.

Haaland neglected to take a penalty in City's 1-0 Wembley defeat to Palace in May, with Omar Marmoush being denied by Henderson. But on this occasion, the Norwegian took the ball and calmly sent the Eagles' goalkeeper the wrong way.

Data Debrief: Foden on fire as City's patience pays off

City had to be patient on Sunday, only managing four touches in Palace's box during the first half. They have only had fewer in three Premier League matches under Guardiola – three each, versus Arsenal in September 2025, Manchester United in March 2020 and Liverpool in December 2016.

And the same applied to the move that led to their opener. The 25 passes that preceded Haaland's header were the most for a City goal in the Premier League since Rodri netted versus West Ham on the final day of 2023-24, as they wrapped up the title (31).

City's second goal, meanwhile, saw Foden score in four consecutive Premier League matches (six goals in total) for the second time in his career, having also done so in January 2025.

Only Kevin De Bruyne (30), Sergio Aguero (21) and Yaya Toure (16) have now scored more Premier League goals from outside the box for Man City than Foden (12 – level with Carlos Tevez).

Foden's eight goals from outside the box since the start of 2023-24, meanwhile, have only been bettered by Kylian Mbappe's 24 across Europe's top five leagues.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

8' Gvardiol is clearly asking for some medical attention with his painful gestures

9' Tuchel has come ti the stadium!

17' Pino latches onto a pass and shoots but his effort comes back off the crossbar

20' Pino carelessly slides into the feet of his opponent and he avoids punishment

24' A pass by Sarr ends up in no man's land and the attacking effort comes to an end

29' Foden strikes from the free kick, but Henderson makes a decent save

32' Cherki is down painfully but the ref takes no action

41' GOAL! Haaland jumps for a cross and scores a header! Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City

44' Mateta collects a pass and unleashes a low drive, but Donnarumma makes a save

48' Adam Wharton gets to a rebound and strikes, but he only hits the right post!

50' Sarr races towards goal but the defender gets back well to make a challenge

57' Reijnders bursts into the box after a solo run but his effort is saved

57' Highlight from Crystal Palace vs Man City

62' Daichi Kamada is booked yellow for his blatant foul

66' Daichi Kamada is unable to continue due to injury, Will Hughes comes on

69' GOAL! Foden fires a shot into the corner! Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City

80' Sarr lines up a shot from the edge of the box, but the effort is well blocked

83' Nketiah breaks into the box and unleashes a shot but it is saved

89' GOAL Haaland makes no mistake & scores the penalty! Crystal Palace 0-3 Man City

Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Clyne, Dean Henderson, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Kamada, Sarr, Guehi, Maxence Lacroix, Chris Richards, Yeremy, Tyrick Mitchell, Adam Wharton

Subs: Walter Benítez, Hughes, Lerma, Borna Sosa, Nketiah, Justin Devenny, Jaydee Canvot, Romain Esse, Christantus Uche

Man City XI: Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Donnarumma, Haaland, Foden, Reijnders, Matheus Nunes, Nico González, Cherki, Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly

Subs: Ake, Omar Marmoush, Rayan Aït-Nouri, James Trafford, Bobb, Lewis, Savinho, Abdukodir Khusanov, Divine Mukasa