Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Saturday, March 26.
11.03.2022 - 22:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola wasn't best pleased with Kyle Walker in Tuesday’s pre-Champions League press conference, but the right-back will have a chance to restore his manager’s faith with a level-headed performance against Crystal Palace on Monday night.
Back in October, Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace inflicted a second Premier League defeat of the season on City. It was a result that threw them further behind early-season pacesetters Liverpool and Chelsea. While Guardiola won't have been happy with the scoreline, the performance of his team would have troubled him even more.
Everybody knows the attacking threat Wilfried Zaha possesses, but often people don’t realise his other major asset - he constantly wins the mental battle. It may wind opposition fans up, but the Ivorian is the master at getting under players’ skin and forcing them into silly challenges.
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Very early on this season, Tottenham Hotspur’s Japhet Tanganga picked up two yellow cards in quick succession for fouls on Zaha and - after a little tussle between the pair - it ended up costing his side dearly, with Spurs going on to lose 3-0.
Parallels can be drawn with when Palace came to the Etihad Stadium. From the off, Zaha was in the ear of Walker and Gabriel Jesus down City’s right. He was constantly winning fouls and progressing his Palace side up the field, with his pressing key in forcing Aymeric Laporte into a mistake which he duly pounced on to score.
Just minutes later there was another tussle involving Zaha on the touchline, with Jesus, Walker and Laporte all getting involved. The latter was the cause of the next major incident, denying Zaha a clear
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Saturday, March 26.
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