The English champion keeps his chance of the Champions League.
The English soccer champion Manchester City impressively preserved the chance of participating in the Champions League in his changeable season. Despite a two-goal deficit, team manager Pep Guardiola won 5: 2 (2: 2) against Crystal Palace on the 32nd matchday of the Premier League. In the victory over the team of the former Bundesliga coach Oliver Glasner, the former German captain Ilkay Gündogan was in the starting eleven.
Her premiere in the English elite class celebrated the semi-automatic offside technology-under the eyes of Schiri-Boss Howard Webb and his wife Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb, who now works as a referee official at the World Association FIFA. The technology is to be introduced in the Bundesliga at the new season. It is already used in Italy, Spain and the Champions League.
At the first goal of the guests through Eberechi Eze (8th) she came into play. In the run -up to the hit, it was just about a possible offside position. In the 21st minute, the former Bayern professional Chris Richards expanded the leadership of the Londoners. Just seven minutes later it was only centimeters, which this time spoke against the supposed second goal from Eze.
In the 33rd minute, the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, who is left after the end of the season, brought back into the game with a free kick. A little later, the ex-Frankfurt Omar Marmoush took care of the equalization (36th). After the break, Mateo Kovacic (47th) and James Mcatee (56.) turned the game – both times it was again extremely close to possible offside positions. In the 71st minute, the battered city goalkeeper Ederson had to get out, for him the German Stefan Ortega came. Nico O’Reilly went to City (79.).