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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24051979" data-attributes="member: 158020">Manchester City 2 Crystal Palace 3:  Townsend wonderstrike stuns Guardiola's men   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/22/15/7734940-6522953-image-a-26_1545493443291.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Andros Townsend scored a sensational goal-of-the-season contender as Crystal  Palace dealt Manchester City's Premier League title defence a body blow with a  stunning 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium.   City enjoyed a regal dominance up until Ilkay Gundogan's 26th-minute opener  but Jeffrey Schlupp levelled six minutes later before Townsend turned the  contest on its head with an outstanding long-range volley.    Luka Milivojevic increased City's misery and delight at Anfield with a  51st-minute penalty that means Liverpool will celebrate Christmas with a  four-point lead at the Premier League summit.   Kevin De Bruyne's overhit cross sailed in five minutes from time but Pep  Guardiola's side were unable to undo the damage in the late rally that  followed.Gundogan was involved alongside Bernardo Silva in carving through  Palace for Leroy Sane to shoot wastefully into the side-netting in the 10th  minute.   The Germany midfielder showed his countryman how it was done when he eased  into the box to head home Fabian Delph's searching cross.Schlupp allowed  Gundogan to run off him for the opener but more than atoned by shifting outside  a tired Kyle Walker challenge and arrowing a strike into the bottom right  corner.   If that finish was impressive, Townsend’s remarkable goal 10 minutes before  half-time was something else altogether as he put his left foot sweetly through  an audacious volley, leaving Ederson with no chance.   Pep Guardiola introduced City's record goalscorer Sergio Aguero for  centre-back Nicolas Otamendi early in the second half but the reshuffle led to  confused defending as Townsend headed Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross against the  post.    Walker made a dreadfully rash challenge as Max Meyer sought to retrieve the  rebound to concede a penalty and Milivojevic, who had a penalty saved by Ederson  in a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park last season, made no mistake.City's response was  disjointed before Sane cracked the outside of the right post with a 77th-minute  free-kick.   De Bruyne's freak goal then set nerves jangling and Aymeric Laporte and  Gabriel Jesus spurned free-headed chances for Palace to hold on.</blockquote>

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