Palace deny Man City win with 95th-minute penalty

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Jack Grealish scores for Manchester City against Crystal PalaceGrealish's first goal of the season did not arrive until he found the net against Tottenham on 3 December but he has now scored in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time in his career

Manchester City's stuttering title defence suffered another blow as Michael Olise's 95th-minute penalty rescued a dramatic point for Crystal Palace.

City had led 2-0 through goals by Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis and appeared to be cruising to victory until Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled a goal back with 14 minutes remaining.

There was more drama to come in stoppage time, when Phil Foden caught Mateta as he attempted to clear and referee Paul Tierney pointed to the spot.

Michael Olise stepped up to slot past Ederson and spark wild celebration among the away fans who had seen their team pegged back for much of the match.

The draw, City's third consecutive at home, leaves the defending champions in fourth place, three points behind leaders Liverpool.

Palace have still only won one of their past 10 games but after losing out to a stoppage-time goal by Liverpool last week, this must have felt like a victory for Roy Hodgson's men, and was certainly celebrated like one.

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Manchester City

Squad number31Player nameEderson

Squad number2Player nameWalker

Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias

Squad number6Player nameAké

Squad number24Player nameGvardiol

Squad number82Player nameLewis

Squad number16Player nameRodri

Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva

Squad number47Player nameFoden

Squad number10Player nameGrealish

Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

Squad number5Player nameStones

Crystal Palace

Squad number30Player nameHenderson

Squad number17Player nameClyne

Squad number2Player nameWard

Squad number16Player nameAndersen

Squad number6Player nameGuéhi

Squad number3Player nameMitchell

Squad number7Player nameOlise

Squad number26Player nameRichards

Squad number44Player nameRiedewald

Squad number15Player nameSchlupp

Squad number14Player nameMateta

Squad number10Player nameEze

Squad number11Player nameMatheus França

Squad number29Player nameAhamada

Squad number52Player nameOzoh

Line-ups

Man City

Formation 4-2-3-1

31EdersonBooked at 42mins2Walker3Rúben Dias6Aké24Gvardiol82LewisSubstituted forStonesat 90+6'minutes16Rodri20Bernardo Silva47Foden10Grealish19Álvarez

Substitutes

4Phillips5Stones8Kovacic18Ortega21Gómez25Akanji27Nunes52Bobb76Susoho

Crystal Palace

Formation 5-4-1

30Henderson17ClyneSubstituted forEzeat 90+1'minutes2WardSubstituted forOzohat 34'minutes16AndersenBooked at 40mins6Guéhi3Mitchell7Olise26Richards44RiedewaldSubstituted forAhamadaat 81'minutes15SchluppSubstituted forFrança de Oliveiraat 81'minutes14Mateta

Substitutes

5Tomkins10Eze11França de Oliveira23Ebiowei29Ahamada31Matthews45Adaramola52Ozoh53Ola-Adebomi

Live Text

Match ends, Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 2.

Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 2.

Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).

Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Substitution, Manchester City. John Stones replaces Rico Lewis.

Goal! Manchester City 2, Crystal Palace 2. Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Penalty conceded by Phil Foden (Manchester City) after a foul in the penalty area.

Penalty Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta draws a foul in the penalty area.

Attempt blocked. Naouirou Ahamada (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Olise.

Substitution, Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze replaces Nathaniel Clyne.

Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Tyrick Mitchell (Crystal Palace).

Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rico Lewis.

Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace).

Foul by Nathan Aké (Manchester City).

Michael Olise (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Matheus França (Crystal Palace).

Substitution, Crystal Palace. Matheus França replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.

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