Even as Manchester City’s thoughts turned to world domination, their English crown may have slipped a little from their grasp. As Crystal Palace came from 2-0 down to draw, City were left with a lone win from six league games before the Fifa Club World Cup. By the time they play again in the Premier League, they could be 12 points behind Liverpool. And if they have overcome sizeable deficits before, they could yet have cause to rue this Palace fightback.
An odd game was often one-sided, one-way traffic for large swathes and yet finished with the points shared. After 90 minutes, City had registered 75 per cent possession, 19 shots to three, nine on target to one. After injury-time, Palace had a point and the sense that, if the game had gone on a little longer, they were the likelier winners.
