CITY RATED BY STUART BRENNAN

EDERSON

Looked slow to go down for Zaha’s shot and added unnecessary pressure with a yellow card

KYLE WALKER

Important in dealing with Palace’s counters in a back three, but he suffered from the general City malaise

RUBEN DIAS

Won his duels and dug in hard when it was needed, a stark contrast to his defensive partner

A LAPORTE

Got the Blues off to a stinker with a sloppy pass that gifted Zaha the goal – and then earned a red card

JOAO CANCELO

Couldn’t hit a pass straight first half, but finally improved as right wing-back in the second half

RODRI

Solid and good in his distribution, but the spark of invention was missing from his game

KEVIN DE BRUYNE

Never hid, and continually tried to get his mojo going, but still degrees away from his usual standard

BERNARDO SILVA

Never stopped competing or trying to spark something, but the magic was lacking today at the Etihad

GABRIEL JESUS

Looked like he had levelled with a fine finish, ruled out for Foden’s offside, showed no lack of effort

PHIL FODEN

Anonymous first half but burst into life after the break to give City plenty of hope – unlucky offside call

JACK GREALISH

Did more than most to try to dredge something out of the game, and offered plenty of threat

SUBSTITUTES:

John Stones: (for De Bruyne 59) Shored up defence 7

Riyad Mahrez: (for Cancelo 77) No time to mark Raheem Sterling: (for Grealish 77) No time to mark

NOT USED: Steffen, Ake, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Mahrez, Palmer, Sterling

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