The Etihad Stadium has seen some nice targets through the years with the next 5 being chosen by Manchester Metropolis because the ‘High 5’ scored towards Crystal Palace.
David Silva – sixteenth January 2016
Rounding off a dominant efficiency, David Silva scores the fourth and last objective within the win towards Crystal Palace with Sergio Aguero claiming the help on the 84th minute.
“Fantastic unselfish play from Aguero, and that is turning right into a rout. Palace despatched everybody ahead, but it surely was cleared, and all of a sudden Metropolis have been away: Aguero simply burned [Pape] Souare for tempo on the break, after which tapped it throughout for Silva, in help, who took a contact and fired residence, with [Wayne] Hennessey out of the sport. Nice play,” Tim Hill of The Guardian wrote
The lineup for each groups that day
Manchester Metropolis: Hart, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, Delph, Fernando, De Bruyne, Silva, Iheanacho, Aguero. Subs: Sagna, Sterling, Caballero, Jesus Navas, Clichy, Toure, Humphreys.
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Ledley, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon, Wickham, Zaha. Subs: Speroni, Campbell, Lee, Jedinak, Mutch, Chamakh, Kelly.
Referee: Jon Moss
Edin Dzeko – twenty eighth December 2013
Over a congested vacation interval within the soccer calendar, Manchester Metropolis did sufficient to get three factors and climb again to the highest of the Premier League desk in Manuel Pellegrini’s first season in cost. Edin Dzeko was available to offer the end after Samir Nasri and Jesus Navas mixed for the help.
‘Nasri immediately gave Metropolis extra penetration, and he began the transfer from which Jesús Navas picked out Dzeko near the penalty spot with a returned cross from the correct. Dzeko crashed the ball residence and all Palace’s elaborate time-wasting was undone,” reported Paul Wilson of The Observer
The lineup for each groups that day
Manchester Metropolis: Hart, Boyata, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Fernandinho, Javi Garcia, Navas, Silva, Milner, Dzeko. Subs: Lescott, Nasri, Negredo, Kolarov, Rodwell, Pantilimon, Toure
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, Parr, Ward, Gabbidon, Delaney, Puncheon, Jedinak, Jerome, Bannan, Bolasie. Subs: Campana, Phillips, Gayle, Williams, Moxey, Chamakh, Worth.
Referee: Andre Marriner
Fabian Delph – sixteenth January 2016
Fabian Delph’s transfer to Manchester Metropolis from Aston Villa was questioned as he would be criticised for the indecision he confirmed, saying he wouldn’t go away earlier than finally being lured to a a lot greater membership than the one he’d fallen in love with. Aston Villa’s loss was Manchester Metropolis’s achieve with Delph opening the scoring towards Crystal Palace with a 30-yard drive.
“Palace began nicely, and had a golden alternative to take the lead after simply two minutes, however Damien Delay headed straight at Joe Hart with the objective at his mercy. It was a missed likelihood that they might rue, as Fabian Delph gave Metropolis the lead after 22 minutes. There seemed to be little hazard when the midfielder picked the ball up contained in the Palace half, however his highly effective low drive discovered the underside nook of Wayne Hennessey’s internet. It was a nicely struck shot, however Henessey can have been disillusioned to be crushed at his close to publish from such distance,” wrote Ric Turner of BlueMoon
The lineup for each groups that day
Manchester Metropolis: Hart, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, Delph, Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero, Iheanacho. Subs: Clichy, Navas, Toure, Caballero, Sagna, Sterling, Humphreys
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Ledley, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon, Wickham, Zaha. Subs: Speroni, Campbell, Lee, Jedinak, Mutch, Chamakh, Kelly.
Referee: Jon Moss
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Vincent Kompany – sixth Could 2017
Manchester Metropolis have been all however confirming Champions League soccer with a dominant show towards a Crystal Palace facet that have been wanting over their shoulder concerning relegation. In what was Pep Guardiola’s first season in cost, they got here out 5-0 winners with Vincent Kompany scoring the second after being arrange by Kevin De Bruyne.
“What a objective that is! De Bruyne’s first nook is dreadful, failing to clear the primary man. However the ball’s recycled again out to him, and a participant of his high quality isn’t going to make the identical mistake twice. He takes a contact, seems up, and slides a ball of nice perfection in the direction of Kompany, in house, 12 yards out and stage with the right-hand publish. Kompany meets it first time and lashes an unstoppable shot into the highest proper! Metropolis lastly have the respiration house their general play deserves,” Scott Murray wrote for The Guardian
The lineup for each groups that day
Manchester Metropolis: Caballero, Fernandinho, Kompany, Otamendi, Sterling, Toure, Silva, Clichy, De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Sane.
Subs: Sagna, Zabaleta, Fernando, Kolarov, Jesus Navas, Gunn, Iheanacho.
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Kelly, Van Aanholt, Schlupp, McArthur, Milivojevic, Puncheon, Zaha, Christian Benteke, Townsend.
Subs: Speroni, Flamini, Remy, Campbell, Lee, Sako, Delaney.
Referee: Michael Oliver
Yaya Toure – twentieth December 2014
Yaya Toure scored the third and last objective within the second half which confirmed Manchester Metropolis’s capabilities after Crystal Palace had managed to go in stage on the break. A second-half brace from David Silva and one other clear sheet confirmed all three factors because the Cityzens seemed to maintain the stress up on Chelsea.
“As soon as the ball had left the field, Navas was let loose. He galloped his method into the Palace half earlier than selecting out Milner large on the left. Milner then fed Touré whose first contact was poor however whose second contact noticed him completely thump the ball into the roof of the web leaving Speroni with no likelihood in anyway,” taken from the dwell match weblog by Ian McCourt in The Guardian
The lineup for each groups that day
Manchester Metropolis: Hart, Zabaleta, Demichelis, Mangala, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Navas, Yaya Touré, Silva, Nasri, Milner. Subs: Caballero, Boyata, Sagna, Fernando, Lampard, Ambrose, Sinclair.
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Hangeland, Ward, Puncheon, Jedinak, Ledley, McArthur, Bolasie, Campbell. Subs: Hennessey, Mariappa, Delaney, Bannan, Thomas, Gayle, Zaha.
Referee: Phil Dowd