Crystal Palace 1-3 Man City: Sterling brace & Jesus goal send City back on top

Liverpool are under pressure to beat Chelsea after Manchester City ran out 3-1 winners away to Crystal Palace, despite a second-half scare.

Match Events

15' GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City (Sterling)

Sterling doesn't miss this time, and it's 1-0! De Bruyne carves Palace apart with a delightful throughball from 40 yards out to play Sterling through on goal after Palace squandered a free-kick.

Sterling takes it in stride and lifts an exquisite finish over Guaita to open the scoring!

63' GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City (Sterling)

David Silva picks out Sane with a clever pull-back, and the winger drags an inviting delivery across goal for Sterling, who guides a sublime first-time finish back across Guaita and in at the far post.

Great vision from Sane not to just try and force a shot through a crowd, but instead pick out Sterling in space as he's credited with the assist.

81' GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-2 Man City (Milivojevic)

It's 2-1 and suddenly Selhurst Park has come to life, as Milivojevic drives his free-kick in at the far post, around the wall with ease! That looked almost too easy for him!

90' GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-3 Man City (Jesus)

Jesus restores their two-goal lead as he's played through on the end of De Bruyne's throughball and finishes confidently to make it 3-1. There was a hint of offside in it, but the linesman's flag stayed down.

Match Report

Raheem Sterling scored twice as Manchester City won 3-1 at Crystal Palace to move back above Liverpool to the top of the Premier League table.

With the Reds at home to Chelsea later on Sunday, City put pressure on their title rivals despite Fernandinho, who missed December's loss to the Eagles, being absent with an injury that may rule him out of next week's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Tottenham.

City led in the 15th minute when Sterling found the top corner and he seemingly made sure of all three points after the interval by converting Leroy Sane's driven cross, although Sergio Aguero going off with an apparent injury will have concerned Pep Guardiola.

And the City boss was further frustrated as his side lost their clean sheet to Luka Milivojevic's 81st-minute free-kick, although the defending champions were still able to close out another victory at Selhurst Park thanks to Gabriel Jesus' precise finish.

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