Patrick Vieira described Crystal Palace's first-half performance against Manchester City as 'perfect', but admitted his side simply couldn't cope with the Blues' comeback in the second half on Saturday.
Palace raced into a deserved 2-0 lead with two goals from set pieces, while they also caused City plenty of problems on the break, led by Ebereche Eze and Jordan Ayew. However, after half-time, City turned a poor performance into another brilliant comeback led by Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland.
Vieira accepted that City's quality deserved to win the game, although he did offer some insight into how they managed to frustrate the Blues so well in the first half.
