The Premier League title race is not over yet.
Manchester City cut Arsenal’s lead at the top of the standings back to two points after beating Crystal Palace 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.
With two rounds of the season to go it means Arsenal will have to wait another week at least to be confirmed champion.
Mikel Arteta’s team plays relegated Burnley on Monday and a victory would leave City needing to beat Bournemouth 24 hours later to take the title race into the final day of the season.
City plays Chelsea in the FA Cup final before that and Pep Guardiola appeared to have the Wembley showdown in mind by making six changes to his team. But even without Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku in his starting lineup, City won comfortably.
Phil Foden — making a rare start in recent months — provided assists for both of City’s first half goals.
His backheel created an opening for Antoine Semenyo to open the scoring after 32 minutes and he set up Omar Marmoush for City’s second eight minutes later.
Savinho added a third in the 84th.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace player ratings
Manchester City: Gianluigi Donnarumma (7.0/10), Marc Guéhi (7.2/10), Abdukodir Khusanov (7.5/10), Joško Gvardiol (7.6/10), Rayan Aït-Nouri (6.8/10), Matheus Nunes (7.0/10), Bernardo Silva (6.9/10), Phil Foden (8.8/10), Savinho (8.2/10), Antoine Semenyo (8.1/10), Omar Marmoush (7.9/10)
Subs: Rayan Cherki (7.5/10), Nathan Aké (6.5/10), Jérémy Doku (6.2/10), John Stones (6.0/10), Mateo Kovačić (6.1/10)
Crystal Palace: Dean Henderson (6.4/10), Maxence Lacroix (6.1/10), Chris Richards (6.3/10), Jaydee Canvot (6.0/10), Daniel Muñoz (6.2/10), Tyrick Mitchell (5.8/10), Jefferson Lerma (6.5/10), Will Hughes (5.9/10), Brennan Johnson (6.1/10), Yéremy Pino (6.0/10), Jean-Philippe Mateta (5.7/10)
Subs: Jørgen Strand Larsen (6.2/10), Ismaïla Sarr (6.4/10), Adam Wharton (6.1/10), Daichi Kamada (5.6/10), Nathaniel Clyne (5.9/10)
(With inputs from Agencies and Opta)
Published on May 14, 2026