Manchester City kept the pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race as a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace lifted them within two points of the leaders.

Fourteen years to the day since Sergio Aguero's famous final-day goal handed them their first Premier League crown, City ensured this season's title race will go into the last week of the campaign.

Pep Guardiola made several changes to his team ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final, with Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki among those dropping out, but Phil Foden came in to provide two assists in a masterful display at the Etihad Stadium.

Foden expertly teed up Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush in the first half, then Cherki came off the bench to assist Savinho for a late third.

City will now hope Burnley can do them a gigantic favour against Arsenal, and they boast a better goal difference than the Gunners, should there be another twist. Palace, meanwhile, remain 15th in the table on 44 points.

How the match unfolded

Despite City dominating possession, Palace were more threatening early on. Jean-Philippe Mateta thought his shot had squirmed over Gianluigi Donnarumma's line, but in any case, the offside flag was raised against Brennan Johnson.

City broke through in the 32nd minute as Foden received Matheus Nunes' pass and produced an intelligent flick to Semenyo, who tucked his finish into the bottom-left corner.

It was 2-0 eight minutes later, with Foden at the heart of it once more as he helped Josko Gvardiol's lofted pass on for Marmoush, who drilled home on the swivel.

A full-stretch save from Dean Henderson prevented Gvardiol's header from creeping in just before half-time, though the tempo died down at the start of the second period.

Daichi Kamada was booked for simulation after going down in the City box, before Savinho slotted past Henderson in the 84th minute, having been slipped in by a clever Cherki pass. (premierleague.com)

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