Man City

2023 - 3 - 12

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Haaland penalty gives Man City 1-0 win over Crystal Palace (USA TODAY)

Manchester City has kept up the pressure on Arsenal after Erling Haaland converted a second-half penalty to secure a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the ...

Olise rushed in to challenge the midfielder, only to kick his leg as he tried to get to the ball. Haaland’s 28th goal in 27 league games came after a cleverly taken corner by City. Palace was still looking for a first victory of 2023.

Former Man City man feels 'psychological edge' aids title chances ... (Teamtalk.com)

Micah Richards feels Manchester City could have the "psychological edge" over Arsenal in the title race due to experience the Gunners don't have.

“What Man City have that Arsenal don’t is the experience of being there and doing it. “Arsenal don’t have that at the moment. It remains to be seen, come crunch time in the season, if they slip up. The Citizens have formed a dynasty in the Premier League over the past few seasons. City not playing at their best but still getting the three points through a late penalty, that’s demoralising at times. Micah Richards feels Manchester City could have the “psychological edge” over Arsenal in the title race due to experience the Gunners don’t have.

Richards explains why Man City now have the 'edge' over Arsenal in ... (Football365.com)

Micah Richards thinks Man City have the "psychological edge" over Arsenal in the Premier League title race after their narrow 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

“This guy doesn’t score one or two goals and the people go, oh he’s not the same! “What Man City have that Arsenal don’t is the experience of being there and doing it. “Arsenal don’t have that at the moment. He is a young lad, and to take the ball there under this pressure and put the ball away with determination and score was great. Because the net will happen all the time in his life. City not playing at their best but still getting the three points through a late penalty, that’s demoralising at times.

Every word from Patrick Vieira's post-Man City press conference ... (London News Online)

Erling Haaland's 78th-minute penalty gave Manchester City all three points in their 1-0 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

“We tried to kill the space that they like to use – we did it really well. We want to be higher and play a better way. “The process is taking time. “This is the reality. The frustration is about conceding the penalty – this is something we should avoid. We needed to defend well against City, and this is what we did.

Crystal Palace 0-1 City: Stats of the match (Manchester City FC)

City claimed a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in our last Premier League match before the international break.

[Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva) Silva goal before Haaland registered a 19-minute hat-trick in a 4-2 victory. [Pep Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola) side’s last 10 goals against Palace in the Premier League have all come in the second half of games, with City not scoring in the opening 45 minutes in each of our last four matches. [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones) has played, in the injury-time defeat to Brentford. [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones) played in the the hybrid full-back/midfield role and was straight back into top form defensively and offensively, making four tackles and one key pass. [City](https://www.mancity.com/) player to reach double figures home and away in a single Premier League campaign, following Sergio Aguero in 2014/15 (13 home, 13 away). [Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland) scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the 78th minute as we extended our winning streak in all competitions to four games ahead of the Champions League clash with RB Leipzig and FA Cup tie with Burnley.

Man City star Erling Haaland convinced fans that he 'malfunctioned ... (SPORTbible)

Man City striker Erling Haaland left fans in stitches after he was spotted celebrating with Crystal Palace defender Joel Ward during a post-match exchange.

[Palace](https://www.sportbible.com/crystal-palace) player Michael Olise’s clumsy challenge on City star Ilkay Gundogan. “Hopefully, the Etihad can live one of the best nights we have lived and we can do it again.” Someone else wrote: “His love of City and his mates may be unrivalled.” However, fans were left in stitches after Haaland appeared to celebrate the win with Palace defender Ward like he was his own City teammate. Haaland has taken his impressive Premier League goalscoring tally to 27 in 25 appearances, with the City star the runaway favourite to win the Golden Boot. Fans think Erling Haaland hilariously “malfunctioned” due to his exchange with Joel Ward after Manchester City’s hard-fought victory against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Erling Haaland's 'strongest trait' detailed after Man City striker seals ... (Manchester Evening News)

The Manchester City man missed a great chance early on at Selhurst Park but battled back to settle it from the spot.

In the interview you can see he’s so confident, he’s so sure of himself - ‘if I miss a chance so what? "With Man City and how much they have possession during the games, over the course of a game he knows that chances will come. "I believe that his mentality is that he’s going to go out there and he’s so confident in himself, when you see him miss a chance it affects him for maybe two or three seconds and then it’s like ‘cool, I’ll get another one, maybe I’ll put that away. He makes it look so easy in front of goal. And Sturridge believes the confidence to keep chipping away after a big miss has been the City striker's best trait. "He makes chances look like food and drink.