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We asked for your views on Manchester City's Premier League win against Crystal Palace.

Here are some of your comments:

Man City fans

Kevin: Great turn around after being two goals down, brilliant determination from every single player involved today but De Bruyne was outstanding. Brilliant result without key players and our youngsters stepped up today, it's reassuring to know we have them for the future.

Derek: The best I have seen them play for many a week. Back to their old selves.

Monksie: Never in doubt once City scored their first. Despite the continuing plague of injuries to key players that has maimed our season this was a reminder of how good City can still be when they really get the bit between their teeth. Five different scorers, too - and so good to see Nico O'Reilly amongst them.

Crystal Palace fans

Bob: Fantastic start, could have been three up if Eze had timed his run better. There was no reason for Kamada to dive in and give away a silly free-kick. Do not understand why Glasner continues to start him, he is just not good enough.

James: After pressing hard in the first 30 minutes, Palace let City take the upper hand and allowed them too much time on the ball. City free kick shouldn't have found a way through and Henderson made a dog's breakfast of his efforts to stop City's fourth. The bright bits were good and let's hope the result doesn't dwell with the boys.

John: Hollow performance having started well the loss of Guehi for this match highlighted how important he is to the team letting in five goals is a reality check. Hope it is a one off.

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• Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton

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Oliver Glasner spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Crystal Palace's defeat against Manchester City: "The defeat really hurts because when you're up by two and scoring the third we had a fantastic start. But we conceded the goals too easily. We didn't defend at our top level so we can do this better. A team like Man City will punish it. We were not on our top level today defending and that's why we conceded too many goals."

On whether conceding five surprised him: "Maybe there are a few reasons. Maxence didn't train the whole week. I think everybody else can do it better.

"Of course on the other side we have to accept City are a top team. When you are not at your top level they can always find the gaps and they are able to score a goal. Especially after their first they got quicker in they head and after the second they had their rebound. I think after the first goal it was tough.

"The players did their best but we will learn from this game. When you play a team like City you have to be in your top level in defence."

"The last time we conceded five was against Arsenal before Christmas and then we had a great run. We will analyse this again and then train. In four days we have the chance to do it better against Newcastle and this is what we'll go for."

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Crystal Palace have scored goals 15 from set pieces in the Premier League this season (excl. penalties) – the most of any side. It is the Eagles' most set-piece goals across a single season in the competition since 2015-16 (also 15).

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Crystal Palace are a really well-balanced team who can cause Manchester City all sorts of problems with their 3-4-3 formation, even though Marc Guehi and Eddie Nketiah are suspended after being sent off against Brighton last week.

The Eagles are in better form than Pep Guardiola's side too, with four wins and a draw from their past five league games - City have only won twice in the same period.

I still cannot move away from a City win, however. I still expect them to win these kind of games at home, even if they are miles away from being the team they were 12 months ago.

We saw more evidence of that last week, because Sunday's Manchester derby was probably the dullest derby game I have ever watched.

You think about when Guardiola came over, and how he transformed the game. For years, City were so watchable.

Now, if they were playing in my back garden I would close the curtains - although that would be a bit harsh on Palace.

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• Manchester City v Crystal Palace (12:30)

• Brighton v Leicester City

• Nottingham Forest v Everton

• Southampton v Aston Villa

• Arsenal v Brentford (17:30)

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There are lots of different perspectives in terms of how you watch a game of football, and I think for the majority of time the people in the stadium get the best atmosphere, but the worst views of how a game has actually gone.

You don't really get the chance to see multiple replays and have discussions about things, because you just get caught up in the moment.

With the incoming semi automated offsides, they did promise it earlier in the season - but I think the caveat was they're only going to do it when it's ready.

It is a positive that they didn't do it when it wasn't ready.

One upside to to the new technology is some of the arguments disappear. Previously you could say 'but it looks like it's this to me' or 'it looks like it's that to me'. When it is presented now, there aren't many people that will then be looking at the animation, going back to the video, and then going down a proper conspiracy rabbit hole.

So, it ends more arguments, not all arguments, but more arguments.

I think people, as a consequence, will be more accepting of it.

But, I still do believe that there's things for people to understand, because it can't be used in every situation. There are certain decisions which can still be a little bit more complex, and there's certain times where human intervention will still need to be brought in.

I wouldn't say it's as clear as, say, goal line technology, but it's a step in the direction to where most people feel more comfortable accepting the outcome and the speed of it as well will be encouraged.

It's not to say that it's going to be instant. If you believe this is going to be perfect, and always extremely fast, ask yourself, why do you think that?

Unless somebody has told you that from PGMOL, then take it with a pinch of salt and you see how it goes.

I think it's something that many people have seen before so hopefully there will be fewer arguments.

But, because it's football, there'll always be something to argue about the end of the day.

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Earlier, we asked how many players had made more than 180 Premier League appearances for Crystal Palace.

The correct answer is six - Joel Ward, Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur, Jeffrey Schlupp, Jordan Ayew and Luka Milivojevic.

Tyrese King
BBC Sport journalist

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester City (kick-off 12:30 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Maxence Lacroix is available despite being withdrawn as a concussion substitute against Brighton. Glasner also confirmed the return of Chris Richards after missing the past two games with a calf injury.

• Romain Esse and Matt Turner will both miss the game against the reigning Premier League champions with sickness, but should be available for the midweek fixture against Newcastle.

• Glasner said Palace "have huge respect for Manchester City", adding: "It's a great team with one of the best managers in the last decade in the Premier League but we approach with confidence and our goal isn't to go away unbeaten but to win the game."

• On what he expects from City: "A possession-based team, who have a clear structure in their game. Normally Pep plays with high and wide wingers but against Manchester United he played a 4-4-2 diamond with two strikers and Kevin de Bruyne more as a number 10, so I don't know exactly but we are prepared."

• On "amazing finisher" Omar Marmoush, who Glasner previously worked with at Wolfsburg: "He has the skills and what I loved was he was two and a half years in Germany and he spoken German perfectly and this is quite unusual."

• He continued: "He is a great guy, has all the skills and in the football career you may not have to make a straight direction to come to the top but he had a loan at St Pauli, Stuttgart, then performing for Wolfsburg, then an outstanding season for Frankfurt. Immediately he shows Manchester [City] what kind of striker he is. I'm really pleased for him but not tomorrow."

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Only league leaders Liverpool (23) have earned more points over their past 10 Premier League games than Crystal Palace (22). The Eagles have won four of their past five league matches and six of their past eight away from home.

Only Mohamed Salah (10) has scored more Premier League goals so far in 2025 than Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta (nine).

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Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter

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Some matches are sophisticated, exciting and some are boring, but now and again you get the odd one that is just bonkers.

I popped down to Selhurst Park as Crystal Palace welcomed Brighton. Robustly. It wasn't that dirty but it still ended with nine men playing against 10.

The referee had obviously watched Everton's James Tarkowski not being sent off against Liverpool and noticed the referee that night being roundly criticised by everyone, including his own bosses at the PGMOL for not reaching for his red card.

So the man in the middle this time was not taking any chances and the flood of yellows turned quickly into reds.

Oddly I did not blame the officials. It was a tough match to keep on track and there were a load of difficult, marginal calls to make. In the end, nine-man Palace came out winners. Brighton's vague hopes of reaching the Champions League spots melted away in the south London sunshine and the home support celebrated that fact more than any goal on the day.

The age-old British football tradition of enjoying your fiercest rival's failure as much as your own success was effortlessly maintained. The most heartening thing about the entire day was the atmosphere that crackled noisily throughout.

Bigger clubs now bemoan the hollow atmosphere at many of their Premier League games and I wonder if this is at least a part of the reason why the likes of Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford are above Manchester United and Tottenham in the league table.

Visitors from abroad always want to go to the big stadiums with the most famous names, but more and more often that is not where you will get the most authentic, loudest and most passionate matchday experience.

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George Booth
BBC Sport journalist

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner was an animated figure throughout - constantly moving in the technical area and never sitting down for long periods.

He did generally respect the white line, only leaving his technical area once in the first half, while in the final 10 minutes of the contest he was frequently interacting with the crowd in a bid to help his team over the line.

Fabian Hurzeler spent the majority of the first half outside his technical area, virtually inches away from the pitch, but was seated for most of the second half - despite the three red cards coming during this period.

When his side faced a defensive set-piece, assistant manager Jonas Scheuermann took control of the technical area, with Brighton's players often looking back to follow instructions.

The Brighton manager, with the help of his coaching staff, also interacted with fourth official Sam Allison throughout the game.

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Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner is tempted to leave the club this summer to take the top job at RB Leipzig. (Football Insider, external)

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Alex Pewter
Fan writer

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Crystal Palace had never lost a game against Brighton when Joel Ward had been on the pitch. So with 12 minutes of stoppage time remaining, and the team already down to nine players and protecting a single-goal lead, his late arrival as a substitute was perhaps a good omen that the win would go to the Eagles - against the perceived odds.

The rivalry with Brighton (note: not a derby), with its 1970s origins, may continue to baffle the outside footballing world but in this form it is not that complicated.

This modern era dates back to September 2011, with a 3-1 Palace away victory that christened Amex Stadium and has been sustained by the ascent of both clubs in the decade or so that has followed.

The embodiment of this era were the two respective academy players who started in that match - Wilfried Zaha and Lewis Dunk - one of whom remains at Brighton but is seemingly in the twilight of his Premier League career, certainly as a starter.

There is always the question of whether players genuinely care about these types of games, which are ultimately fan-led constructs. However, Palace have been fortunate in that there has been a consistent thread from the Dougie Freedman team to that of Oliver Glasner's team, with Joel Ward and Nathaniel Clyne even still with the playing squad.

Imagined or not, we can believe that this squad of players has carried on with the same spirit of seasons past. Indeed, this might be the last time Ward plays in the fixture, but it is clear that this iteration of Palace has managed to find leaders to carry this on into future seasons in his absence.

On the other side of the rivalry, beyond Dunk, it is difficult to see who will carry that torch into future encounters for Brighton and be synonymous with their team in the eyes of Palace fans, given the ever-changing faces in their squad.

However, if that continues to give Palace the advantage in future seasons then I doubt that us fans will spend too long pondering that question in great detail.

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