Manchester City failed to win for the eighth time in nine games with a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday as strong winds forced the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool to be postponed. City had a chance to finish second in the Premier League but failed to build on a 3-0 midweek win over Nottingham Forest that seemed to stop the English champions’ rot. Pep Guardiola’s men made their worst start at Selhurst Park as Daniel Munoz took the lead. Will HughesAfter four minutes, move to the Fireman’s Palace ahead.
Powerful header from Erling Haaland Matheus Nunez’s cross brought City back level and brought the Norwegians level with Liverpool. Mohamed Salah by 13 Premier League goals in the battle for the Golden Boot.
The visitors started the second half well but suffered a poor blow when Maxence Lacroix fired home a Hughes corner.
Rico Lewis found the top corner to equalize again for City, but was then sent off with six minutes left in the match.
Fourth-placed City are within eight points of leaders Liverpool, but the larger point drop is a further blow to their chances of winning five titles in a row.
The final league derby between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park will have to be postponed after Storm Darragh hit western England with strong winds and heavy rain.
Just after 08:00 local time, the decision was made to delay the start of the lunch break due to safety concerns.
“While we understand this will be deeply disappointing for fans, the safety of fans, staff and players is of paramount importance,” Everton said in a statement.
Brentford Fortress
Brentford have the best home record in the division with seven wins from eight games at the Gtech Community Stadium, including a thrilling 4-2 win over Newcastle.
Brian Mbeumo, who has been linked with a move to the Magpies, opened the scoring with a sensational individual effort.
Newcastle equalized quickly twice in the first half through Alexander Isak and Harvey. Barneseither side of second Ioan Vissa for Brentford.
But poor defending cost Newcastle in the second period when Nathan Collins fired home after a long pass from goalkeeper Mark Flekken.
Kevin Schade then scored the points for the Bees in stoppage time.
Brentford moved up to seventh place and Newcastle dropped to 12th.
Aston Villa moved up to fifth place with a 1-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Southampton.
John Durant scored the only goal on his first Premier League start of the season.
The Colombian took advantage of another Saints defensive lapse to run wide and score his ninth goal of the season in 24 minutes.
Manchester United host Nottingham Forest in the kick-off at 17:30 GMT as the Red Devils look to bounce back from Ruben AmorimThe first defeat was against Arsenal on Wednesday.
Liverpool’s postponement means Arsenal and Chelsea have the chance to cut the gap at the top to four points when they travel to Fulham and Tottenham respectively on Sunday.
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