Manchester City survived a few early scares before eventually coasting to a 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday, led once again by goal-scoring extraordinaire Erling Haaland.

Erling Haaland scores Premier League goals number 101 and 102 to inspire Manchester City to a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

An Erling Haaland brace allied to a brilliant Phil Foden strike helped see off the challenge of talented and dangerous Palace side. Haaland opened the scoring on 41 minutes with a superb header before Foden then extended his own rich vein of form with a crucial second for City 21 minutes from time.

Despite the scoreline the performance against Manchester City was largely an encouraging one, apart from the missed chances

Crystal Palace moved up to fourth place in the Premier League after defender Marc Guehi scored late in a 2-1 win at Fulham on Sunday (December 8, 2025). Guehi headed in the winner off a corner in the 87th minute to put Palace in the Champions League spots.

Georginio Rutter scores his first goal of the Premier League season in stoppage time and Brighton salvages a 1-1 home draw against West Ham to stay in contention for the European spots.

David Silva’s sumptuous volley in our 2-0 win back in October 2019 begins the list, with a vicious Sergio Aguero strike following as City moved within touching distance of the Premier League title in May 2021.

Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace to close the gap to 2 points against Arsenal in the Premier League title race. Sunderland defeated Newcastle United in the Tyne-Wear derby at the Stadium of Lights.