Man City vs Crystal Palace final score, result as Eagles late show stuns champions

ETIHAD STADIUM, MANCHESTER — Michael Olise’s stoppage-time penalty landed another body blow on Manchester City’s bid for a fourth successive Premier League title as Crystal Palace stole a 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium.

City were cruising at 2-0 up heading into the final quarter of an hour thanks to Jack Grealish’s third goal in his past three league matches and Rico Lewis’ maiden strike in England’s top flight.

But Kyle Walker switched off as Marc Guehi aimed a raking pass down the City right in the 76th minute. Jeffrey Schlupp crossed for a sliding Jean-Philippe Mateta to back up his successfully converted penalty against Liverpool last weekend.

And an increasingly frantic City, who have let last-minute leads slip from their grasp against Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur over recent weeks, were left to rue not putting the game to bed when a panicked Phil Foden brought down Mateta and Olise coolly did the rest.

Even allowing for City’s wretched record when it comes to holding onto leads recently, the dramatic denouement felt unforeseeable from the moment Grealish swept home Foden’s cute pass and the goal stood after a lengthy VAR check.

Foden, Julian Alvarez and Josko Gvardiol all went close as City hogged almost 74% of possession before halftime. Palace's best chance came when Michael Olise rippled the top of the netting with a 44th-minute free-kick after Ederson was booked for rashly bringing down Mateta — a taster of the collective lack of composure to come.

Alvarez whipped home a free-kick early in the second period, only for Rodri to be deemed interfering from an offside position on review.  

Palace did not make the most of that reprieve as Grealish and Rodri were both involved to give boyhood City fan Lewis what should have