FT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City, Cityzens held to goalless draw at Selhurst Park; Mallorca 0-3 Real Madrid, Benzema bags brace

FULL TIME – Crystal Palace 0-0 Man City

Crystal Palace stop Manchester City from scoring and increasing their lead at the top of the table with a goalless draw.

Manchester City have drawn 0-0 in back-to-back matches for the first time under Pep Guardiola:

◉ City 0-0 Sporting
◉ Crystal Palace 0-0 City

It's the first time it's happened since March 2016. 👀 pic.twitter.com/XdW1ZWMyxJ

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) March 14, 2022

Mallorca 0-3 Real Madrid

Benzema scores with a header! 0-3.

Another chance goes begging for Manchester City… 😶 pic.twitter.com/VV760Mv7x6

— 90min (@90min_Football) March 14, 2022

Big Benz! Mallorca 0-2 Real Madrid

Penalty Real Madrid. Vinicius fouled. Benzema takes it… SCORES.

Madrid in front! Mallorca 0-1 Real Madrid

Valverde pressing Baba, wins the ball (Mallorca think a foul), Benzema plays in Vini who finishes well.

VINICIUS GOAL pic.twitter.com/4SWWxJclM5

— كارتر قول @CARTER7ii (@SSC7i7) March 14, 2022

Second Half

Man City get us started in this second half. 45 minutes to get themselves six points clear at the of the Premier League. Palace will want to secure the league double over them.

Made in South London 👊

🦅 0-0 🔵#CPFC | #CRYMCI pic.twitter.com/fiRj2KODmN

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) March 14, 2022

Half-time

Man City have had the better chances, but Crystal Palace have shown some promise through their counter-attacks

HALF TIME | Level at the break.

🦅 0-0 🔵 | #ManCity pic.twitter.com/1KGRTAp0Dj

— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 14, 2022

No breakthrough in Mallorca as well, Madrid have been the better team but they have not been able to break the deadlock.

HT: All square at the break in Palma

Mallorca 0 Real Madrid 0

Best chance of the first 45 minutes falling to the home side with Pablo Maffeo hammering one off the post

GAME ON IN THE SECOND HALF!!

— Football España (@footballespana_) March 14, 2022

Kick Off

We’re underway at Selhurst! This is a crucial game for the Cityzens.

Manchester City will hope to maintain or indeed restore their six-point lead at the Premier League summit when they travel to Crystal Palace later today.
It’s the turn of Manchester City this evening as the Premier League title race heats up. Liverpool won the early Saturday kick-off this weekend and closed that gap once more after a successful trip to Brighton.

City’s winning run came to an end with a bore draw against Sporting CP in the Champions League in midweek, but they had already all but sealed their quarter-final spot with a 5-0 thrashing in Lisbon last month.

Looking to deliver a blow to their hopes of retaining the title are a Palace team that continue to make impressive strides under Patrick Vieira, briefly moving up to 10th with a fine win at Wolves last time out that saw Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha net during a fantastic first-half display at Molineux.

The Eagles know what it takes to beat City too, having triumphed 2-0 at the Etihad in October courtesy of goals from Zaha and Conor Gallagher.

Team News

THE PALACE 👊#CPFC | #CRYMCI

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) March 14, 2022

𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🦅🔵

XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Grealish

SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Mbete#ManCity | @HaysTechnology pic.twitter.com/VbDroDu3IG

— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 14, 2022