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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is due to speak to the media shortly.

Since City previously played Crystal Palace - and drew - at the Etihad Stadium in December, they have dropped six points, drawing with Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal.

It is a measure of the standards at the top of the Premier League just now that despite this, City still find themselves three points behind leaders Liverpool, with a worse goal difference.

Still, tomorrow should not be a problem.

Guardiola's record at Selhurst Park is six wins and two draws in all competitions. City have not conceded a goal there since 2019.

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Former Liverpool and Manchester United players Phil Thompson and Wes Brown visited the Lord Derby Academy in Huyton, Merseyside, at the end of March to warn children about the impact of chanting about tragedies suffered by rival clubs.

Their visit followed recent incidents of so-called "tragedy chanting" at games between the two teams.

One man was charged with a public order offence after the teams played in the FA Cup at Old Trafford on 17 March.

Thompson and Brown, representing the clubs' foundations, talked to pupils about the impact the chanting had on the teams, fans and wider communities.

Brown said he had "seen the sadness" in the late Sir Bobby Charlton's eyes when he heard chanting about the Munich disaster in 1958, which Charlton survived but which claimed the lives of 23 other people, including eight players.

Thompson said it is "disappointing" to "waste so much negative energy having a go of each other's clubs".

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Manchester United supporter Kim Burdett on Sunday's game against Premier League leaders Liverpool: "I’m not feeling all that optimistic, but then again I wasn’t a couple of weeks ago and we managed to pull off a result [in the FA Cup].

"It’s going to take a big effort from the players on the pitch on Sunday to get anything out of the game. Fingers and toes crossed, we’ll see what happens."

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Liverpool supporter Chloe Bloxam on Sunday's game against Manchester United, who recently beat the Premier League leaders 4-3 in the FA Cup: "As long as we learn from that game against Manchester United, I am absolutely fine losing in that way, as long as we turn it into something positive, make sure we learn from it and use it in this game to get over the line and the three points."

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Liverpool supporter Chloe Bloxam added: "We’ve got so many winners on the pitch, so many leaders. We know when we need to go up a gear and the players have the quality on the pitch to do that. We kind of needed Sheffield United to score to wake us up.

"The players reminded me of the United game [in the FA Cup], where they felt like they were better but they just weren’t clinical enough. They weren’t putting their foot on the gas, and it took Sheffield United to cause trouble, us to score an own goal, for us to really awaken. It just shows that Liverpool can go into that second gear when needed and blow a team away. And how important it is to have a full squad."

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Former Liverpool winger Boudewijn Zenden says he believes Manchester City have the edge in the title race after watching a "nervous" Reds side squeeze past basement club Sheffield United at Anfield on Thursday night.

It took a long-range strike from in-form Alexis Mac Allister 15 minutes from time to break the Blades' rear-guard action after a Connor Bradley own goal cancelled out Darwin Nunez's first-half opener.

Cody Gakpo added a third goal to secure a 3-1 victory, which sent Liverpool back to the top of the table, two points ahead of second-placed Arsenal, with City a point further back.

"You could see there was a sense of nervousness around the stadium," Zenden told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast. "It is so tight at the top that any wrong step could possibly mean that you are going to lose the league so to see that now the Premier League has got three teams up front that are still battling for it, I think that it will go down to the wire.

"You could sense that there is so much to play for and that nervousness you feel that maybe in the end, of course there are still eight games to play, you feel that down the line if it gets longer and longer that maybe City with the experience they have got - they have been there before and done it before - maybe they are a little bit better prepared for these last games."

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Liverpool supporter Chloe Bloxham, who was at Anfield last night, said: "It doesn't matter how you get over the line as long as you get the three points. It’s much more about those three points than it is about the performance when it comes to a title race in the last couple of games.

"I'm absolutely fine with it being nervy. It’s going to be nervy every game, absolutely every game, because its going to go down to the wire. As long Liverpool pick up the three points I don’t care how they get over the line."

The Premier League has announced its latest set of fixture changes, for the matches to be played two weeks before the end of the season.

One of the most significant of those changes is Chelsea v Tottenham, now taking place on Thursday 2 May.

Spurs are likely to have a big say on who wins the title as they are still to face Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City before the end of the season.

The new dates mean they will face Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool within seven days of each other; the trip to Anfield coming on the Sunday, just three days after the clash at Stamford Bridge.

Elsewhere, in what could be a huge game in the battle against relegation, Luton and Everton now meet on Friday 3 May, and Chelsea v West Ham will take place at 14:00 BST on Sunday 5 May.

The matches which have been moved are:

• Thursday 2 May - Chelsea v Tottenham (19:30)
• Friday 3 May - Luton v Everton (20:00)
• Saturday 4 May - Arsenal v AFC Bournemouth (12:30), Man City v Wolves (17:30)
• Sunday 5 May - Chelsea v West Ham (14:00), Liverpool v Tottenham (16:30)
• Monday 6 May - Crystal Palace v Man Utd (20:00)

The Premier League has apologised for the delay in announcing the fixtures, citing TFL strikes - which have now been called off - and Champions League scheduling as the reasons for the late announcement.

Chelsea moved into the top half of the Premier League table last night while Liverpool climbed back to the top, with just eight games remaining in the title race.

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Chelsea fan Tom Overend on where the Blues will finish this season: "I've not a clue because you just don’t know which Chelsea are going to turn up. I’m just hoping it's European football.

"Europa League qualification is in our hands if we can win our game in hand as well and that would be absolutely brilliant, given how difficult this season's been, but I think European qualification has to be the bare minimum."

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Manchester United's defensive organisation in the closing stages of Thursday night's last-gasp defeat at Chelsea has been criticised by former Blues midfielder Boudewijn Zenden.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast that United's players did not seem to be clear about their roles as they failed to pick up Cole Palmer for his winner following a corner in the 11th minute of stoppage time.

"We know it is a game of mistakes and whoever makes less mistakes will win it in the end," said Zenden.

"If you talk about mistakes then it is amazing to see that United in the 100th minute not capable of marking their men in the corner with probably the last kick of the game."

Zenden pointed to Erik ten Hag's five substitutions in the second half, which included a reshuffle in defence after Jonny Evans replaced Raphael Varane at half-time before making way for Willy Kambwala 20 minutes later.

"To me it is clear that some of the United players at that moment were not doing their job," he said about Palmer's winner. "When you come on you have a certain job to do and sometimes with all these changes people forget - some players are in the same position or they don't pick up their men.

"As soon as the corner has been taken you see three or four men from United pointing out that Palmer is free but no-one is with him."

Manchester United have already faced more shots in the Premier League this season (526) than they have in any of the other 20 full seasons Opta has on record (2003-04 - 2022-23).

In 2024 they have faced more shots than any other side in Europe's big-five (225).

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Speaking on TNT Sports, former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said: "Concentration is an issue and they have to sort it out.

"The 90 minutes came and I didn't see Chelsea scoring, you cannot have excuses at this level.

"The set-piece goal is a killer and I am sure there will be an inquest in that training room."