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Man City beat Palace to close gap with Arsenal to 2, with two games to play

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 625 words · By AFP
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Man City beat Palace to close gap with Arsenal to 2, with two games to play Manchester City overcome Crystal Palace 3-0 to cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to two points as season finale looms.

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What happened

Man City beat Palace to close gap with Arsenal to 2, with two games to play Manchester City overcome Crystal Palace 3-0 to cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to two points as season finale looms.

Why it matters

Manchester City’s second string eased past Crystal Palace 3-0 on Wednesday to climb just two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, with two games remaining of a captivating title race.

Common ground

Pep Guardiola made six changes from the side that beat Brentford 3-0 at the weekend, with Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku among those on the bench, while Palace boss Oliver Glasner also made tweaks.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 28 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Manchester City overcome Crystal Palace 3-0”
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Multiple independent web sources (Google News and another sports report) confirm Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace 3-0.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025 FA Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 17 May 2025 between Crystal Palace and Manchester City that determined the winners of the 2024–25 FA Cup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_FA_Cup_final
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web search NEUTRAL — Manchester City defeat Crystal Palace to move two points behind Arsenal in Premier League title race: live updates and reaction.Manchester City 3-0 Crystal Palace: Premier League – as it happened. 2 h…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Manchester City defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 at Selhurst Park on Sunday, moving within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal. Norwegian striker Erling Haaland scored twice and Phil Foden added a…
https://thisisradionow.com/man-city-thrashes-crystal-palace-…
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Claim 2: “Palace’s focus is on the UEFA Conference League final against Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig on May 27”
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Claim 3: “If the Gunners overcome relegated Burnley next Monday”
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Claim 4: “Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku among those on the bench”
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Both ESPN and Google News report that Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku were on the substitutes' bench for the match against Crystal Palace.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jérémy Baffour Doku is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium national team. He is most known for his speed and dribbling abili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jérémy_Doku
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web search NEUTRAL — Erling Haaland and Jérémy Doku will begin Manchester City's crucial match with Crystal Palace on the substitutes' bench. Marc Atkins/Getty Images.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/48760769/erling-haala…
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web search NEUTRAL — Man City vs. Crystal Palace confirmed lineups: Huge Haaland, Doku, Cherki decisions made as Arsenal are given fresh Premier League title hope.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 5: “Marmoush, who celebrated his third Premier League goal of the season”
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Claim 6: “On May 24, the final day of the season, Arsenal travel to Palace, while City... host Aston Villa”
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Claim 7: “two games remaining of a captivating title race”
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While search results mention the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, none of the provided evidence explicitly confirms that there are exactly 'two games remaining' in the current title race.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Premier League was the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of top-flight English football overall. Manchester City entered the season as four-time defending champions, b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Premier_League
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web search NEUTRAL — Premier League. Season. 2025/2026.Reviews of games. Everton 3 - 3 Man City Highlights. Chelsea 1 - 3 Nottingham Forest Highlights.
https://soccer365.net/competitions/12/
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web search NEUTRAL — Premier League, also known as English Premier League, EPL, is a professional football league in England for men. There are overall 20 teams that compete for the title every year. Sofascore tracks live…
https://www.sofascore.com/football/tournament/england/premie…
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Claim 8: “The three-goal win takes City to 77 points, two behind Arsenal”
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Claim 9: “City take on Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday”
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Claim 10: “Rayan Cherki ran with the ball from his own half before setting up Savinho”
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Claim 11: “Pep Guardiola made six changes from the side that beat Brentford 3-0 at the weekend”
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The web search results for this claim returned information about PepsiCo (PEP) stock instead of football match details. No evidence regarding lineup changes against Brentford was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PEP/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · PEP | Complete PepsiCo Inc. stock news by MarketWatch. View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/pep
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · See the latest Pepsi stock price (NASDAQ: PEP), related news, valuation, dividends and more to help you make your investing decisions.
https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xnas/pep/quote
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Claim 12: “Basketball star Brandon Clarke, Memphis Grizzlies forward, dies at age 29”
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Claim 13: “last week’s costly 3-3 draw at Everton”
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Three independent sources (Google News/City_Xtra, a post-match facts report, and a match summary) all confirm Manchester City drew 3-3 with Everton.
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web search NEUTRAL — City_Xtra. Pep Guardiola: "We didn't win against Everton for many reasons; the quality of David Moyes, the team.City_Xtra. Pep Guardiola on @MarcGuehi13's reaction to Everton: "He made a top game. He …
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Everton 3-3 Manchester City Post-Match Facts. Manchester City have dropped the joint-most points from winning positions in the Premier League since the turn of the year (12 – level with Tottenham Hots…
https://theanalyst.com/articles/everton-vs-manchester-city-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Manchester City drew 3-3 with Everton last night at the Hill Dickinson Stadium after a pulsating match. Pep Guardiola’s side took a 1-0 lead into halftime before the game was flipped on its head in th…
https://onefootball.com/en/news/there-was-one-ray-of-light-t…
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Claim 14: “City, currently on a 14-game unbeaten run in the league”
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Claim 15: “Glasner’s final match in charge of the south London club”
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Claim 16: “John Stones, departing at the end of the campaign, came on as a substitute”
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Claim 17: “City now have a superior goal difference of plus-one and have scored seven more goals”
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Claim 18: “Japan suspends Australian rugby coach Jones for verbally abusing officials”
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Claim 19: “stoppage-time equaliser for West Ham against Arsenal ruled out following a VAR check on Sunday as the Gunners battled to a 1-0 win”
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No evidence was found in the search results to verify the Arsenal vs West Ham match or the VAR decision.
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Claim 20: “lifting the League Cup earlier this season”
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Claim 21: “Phil Foden produced an exquisite back pass to set up Semenyo”
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No evidence was found in the search results to verify the specific assist from Phil Foden to Antoine Semenyo.
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Claim 22: “Jason Collins, first openly gay active NBA player, dies at 47”
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Claim 23: “Arsenal remain overwhelming favourites to win their first Premier League title since 2004”
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Claim 24: “cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to two points”
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Two independent sources (Google News and the report on City thrashing Palace) explicitly state that this result moved Manchester City to two points behind Arsenal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find out which football teams are leading the pack or at the foot of the table in the Premier League on BBC Sport.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/premier-league/table
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web search NEUTRAL — Premier League Table. Search. Skip to table key.Goals Against. Goal Difference. Points. Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first. 1. Arsenal. 35. 23.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/table
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web search NEUTRAL — View the latest standings in the Premier League table, along with form guides and season archives, on the official website of the Premier League.
https://www.premierleague.com/en/tables/premier-league
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Claim 25: “Rana stars as Bangladesh down Pakistan in first Test thriller”
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Claim 26: “a late strike from Savinho added gloss to the scoreline”
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While Savinho is confirmed as a Manchester City player, none of the provided evidence mentions him scoring a late goal in the match against Crystal Palace.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sávio Moreira de Oliveira (born 10 April 2004), known as Savinho or simply Sávio (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [saˈvĩ.ɲʊ] and [ˈsa.vju] respectively), is a Brazilian professional footballer who…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savinho
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 10, 2004 · Savinho, 22, from Brazil Manchester City, since 2024 Left Winger Market value: €40.00m * 10/04/2004 in São Mateus, Brazil
https://www.transfermarkt.com/savinho/profil/spieler/743591
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · CityXtra has reported that Savinho has missed out on selection in Brazil’s preliminary 55-man squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The news is a blow for the young winger. However, the n…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/manchester-city-winger-mis…
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Claim 27: “First-half goals from Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush put City in control”
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The claim states Semenyo and Marmoush scored against Crystal Palace. However, the evidence shows they scored in a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves), not Crystal Palace. Furthermore, the match against Palace was won 3-0 with goals from Haaland and Foden.
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web search NEUTRAL — Antoine Semenyo celebrates scoring his team's second goal with Manchester City teammate Omar Marmoush during their match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad Stadium.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2026/01/24/om…
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web search NEUTRAL — First-half goals from Omar Marmoush and Antoine Semenyo powered City to a deserved and convincing 2-0 Premier League win over Wolves at the Etihad.
https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/manchester-city-v-wolves-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Manchester City 2 (Omar Marmoush 6′, Antoine Semenyo 45+2′). Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.First-half goals from Omar Marmoush and Antoine Semenyo were enough for Pep Guardiola’s side to get back to winni…
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/manchester-city-2-wolverham…
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Claim 28: “City must beat Bournemouth, who are chasing Champions League qualification, the following day”
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