After a spirited first half, Crystal Palace succumbed to a hopeless 3-0 defeat at the hands of a rampant Manchester City side. A first half with saw Palace go close a number of times, largely through the work of the exciting attacking talent of Yannick Bolasie.

That first half came to a close with Pellegrini’s men not having a shot on target, when the team emerged for the second half, Palace were hopeless in their attempts to Hart‘s net. City attack with Spaniard David Silva stealing the headlines with two goals with Yaya Toure’s emphatic near post finish to complete a sweeping City counter attack to cap a fine second half performance.

Zabaleta has been elected Man of the Match, a big chance at the end of the 1st half and his follow ups in attack has made possible the 1st and 2nd goals.