Manchester City closed the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to two points with two games left to play after a professional win over Crystal Palace.Phil Foden, on his 150th league start for the club, made two first-half goals as Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush struck for a much-changed City XI.Savinho added a third late on to rubber stamp the three points.With cup finals on the horizon both sides rotated their teams, with Palace playing their 57th game of a long and testing season.Pep Guardiola left out key men Erling Haaland, Nico OReilly, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki with one eye on Saturdays FA Cup final.Perhaps unsurprisingly it led to a very flat opening half hour but Semenyo broke the deadlock in style after Fodens superb backheel opened Palace up.A clinical strike was the forwards ninth for City since his big-money January move from Bournemouth.Minutes later Marmoush made it 2-0 with another good finish after rolling his man in the penalty area from another Foden pass.Foden has had a poor season but delivered when it mattered, as he created five chances in the first 45 minutes alone.Dean Henderson then pulled off a wonderful save to deny Josko Gvardiol as City dominated.Guardiola could turn to his �380m bench in the second half, with Doku, Cherki, Nathan Ake, John Stones and Mateo Kovacic all getting minutes.And Cherki made the third with a fine run and pass to free Savinho to clip in just a second Premier League goal.Two more Arsenal wins, from their home fixture against Burnley and the final-day trip to Palace, will still be enough to end a 22-year wait for thePremier Leaguetitle for the Gunners.But City, who have games against Bournemouth and Aston Villa to come, lie in wait for any slip-up.Palace were largely lifeless throughout as they prepare for a Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano at the end of the month. Topics Arsenal F.C. Crystal Palace F.C. Manchester City F.C. Add us as a preferred source on Google If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read WATCH: Sublime Foden backheel sets up Semenyo to open scoring for Manchester City vs Crystal Palace Cian Cheesbrough 13th May, 2026 LIVE Manchester City v Crystal Palace: Commentary, updates, goals and stats as Arsenal watch on Jon Fisher 13th May, 2026 Manchester City v Crystal Palace: Haaland on bench for crunch game in Premier League title race Tom Rostance 13th May, 2026 West Ham: Callum Wilson breaks silence on controversial disallowed goal Nicholas McGee 13th May, 2026 Manchester City v Crystal Palace: Line-ups, stats and preview Mitch Fretton 13th May, 2026 Rooney: Gyokeres a major factor in Arsenals title charge Mitch Fretton 12th May, 2026
