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Manchester City give away points in a must win encounter

Sergio Aguero’s brace goes in vain as Manchester City draw 2-2 at home to Crystal Palace. After trailing behind until 80 minutes, Aguero squeezed two quick goals to take City 2-1 up, only for Fernandinho to draw the game after giving away an own goal.

City’s draw now means that Liverpool can extend their lead to 16 points with a game in hand (if they win against Manchester United on Sunday).

Manchester City were on the verge of losing the game until Aguero got his A game onto the pitch and finished two sensational balls that could not have been in by any other forward. The first goal was a diving volley of a cross from Gabriel Jesus while the second being a bouncy header from Benjamin Mendy’s pass.

The two goals against Crystal Palace meant that Aguero has scored 6 goals in his last three games after returning from injury and is on track to win a Golden Boot, yet again.

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Aguero’s brace could have been greeted with a win if City would not have allowed Wilfried Zaha to run. How could you allow a forward to run through the defence when only thing you have to do is defend. City’s own mistake cost them 2 valuable points which now gives Leicester to take the second spot.

Even though City were leading the game, they allowed Zaha to make a counter attack and later cause an own goal off Fernandinho’s heels. When asked about the mistake, a baffled Guardiola said:

“The second goal is a mistake and we have to avoid it. It is just not possible Zaha can run and we allow it.” Asked to elaborate he said: “It was a decision. It was a wrong decision and we are going to solve it and improve it. In this situation we cannot let them run in this counterattack.”

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“We tried to do everything, how many cross and arrive there. We arrive few. The spirit was there. We tried and we tried. It was a pity at the end to drop two points in this way but that is football and we have to learn from these situations. It was a tight game and unfortunately we could not win it.”

The Blues of Manchester have committed a lot of mistakes this season which has cost them a treble of domestic trophies. They will have to correct them if they fancy finishing second in the Premier League.

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