Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City
26 mins: Two more good City deliveries are pelted into the Palace box, first from Rayan Cherki with a free-kick on the left, and then from Phil Foden with a corner on the right. Both dealt with.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:27
Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City
24 mins: Man City win the ball again in the Palace half and Nico O’Reilly goes for a speculative effort from range, but drags it wide.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:26
‘Gutting for Palace’
Here’s Chris Wilson inside Selhurst Park:
Palace had started the better of the two sides but the game is turned in an instant by the first moments of quality. Semenyo’s ball in was superb and it left Haaland with the ‘simple’ task of putting a finishing touch on it, with the Norwegian cushioning a deceptively impressive header over Henderson to open the scoring. Gutting for Palace but a reminder of what the top teams can do if you give them even a bit of space.”
Chris Wilson at Selhurst Park28 August 2026 20:25
Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City
22 mins: CHANCE! It’s an absolute SITTER missed by Phil Foden!
City are in their groove and they work it brilliantly through the Palace back line, slipping it to Foden for a simple finish – but he skies it.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:24
Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City
20 mins: Erling Haaland is receiving more and more service, with another ball from Antoine Semenyo flashing past the striker.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:23
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City (Haaland, 17′)
He blanked on GW1, but Erling Haaland is off the mark for the season!
Antoine Semenyo whips it for the big Norwegian to latch onto, looping a perfectly-controlled header out of reach of Dean Henderson and into the Palace goal.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:18
‘Plenty of chanting for Jorgen Strand Larsen’
Here’s Chris Wilson inside Selhurst Park:
Plenty of chanting early on for Jorgen Strand Larsen too, with the home fans suggesting their feelings towards the injured Jean-Philippe Mateta there too.
Chris Wilson at Selhurst Park28 August 2026 20:15
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City
10 mins: This has been a FRANTIC start!
Palace are back threatening, pushing into open space in City’s final third and getting into the box.
A couple of blocked pull-backs from Yeremy Pino have been and gone as Palace look to open the visitors up.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:12
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City
8 mins: CHANCE! Suddenly City are really knocking at the door.
Antoine Semenyo gets the ball across and it looks like Phil Foden has a tap in, but he just bounces it off Dean Henderson’s torso and Palace clear.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:11
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City
7 mins: CHANCE! City so close to forcing that one over the line!
Dean Henderson is forced into a big diving save from a curling Elliot Anderson effort but Palace don’t get it cleared immediately.
It leads to a goalmouth scramble with Palace defending desperately, but Erling Haaland can’t knock it home.
Will Castle28 August 2026 20:09