Manchester City misplaced the chance to increase their lead on the pinnacle of the Eglish Premier League desk as they had been held to a 0-zero draw away at Crystal Palace on Monday night.&#a hundred and sixty;
The protecting champions went into the healthy aiming to avenge the 2-zero loss in the opposite fixture however got here up towards a determined Palace aspect that might have nicked it within the death minutes.&#one hundred sixty;
City commenced the fit on the the front foot, with both Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker inflicting havoc from the extensive areas.&#one hundred sixty;
The first chance fell to the hosts in the 13th minute when Walker dallied on the ball and changed into finally forced off it via Wilfried Zaha as Mateta burst ahead and noticed Olise in acres of area to his proper, but the forward flicked his left-foot shot extensive.&#one hundred sixty;
City attacked the other give up nearly at once but Bernardo Silva's effort additionally went above the bar.&#a hundred and sixty;
The protecting champions very almost found the leap forward halfway thru the outlet half while Cancelo's dinked bypass become inch-best as De Bruyne swiveled to shoot however Guaita were given a huge hand to it to tip it over.&#one hundred sixty;
Just earlier than the 1/2-hour mark, Cancelo rattled the put up with a ferocious shot, however Aymeric Laporte failed to stab home the rebound.
Guita changed into pressured to make a clever save simply after the half-hour mark to disclaim Riyad Mahrez as Guardiola's guys sought to discover the opener.&#one hundred sixty;
