"This is our strength": Glasner reveals how Crystal Palace held Man City to a draw

Manchester City's struggles continued at Selhurst Park as Pep Guardiola’s side failed to defeat Crystal Palace, settling for a 2-2 draw. Palace manager Oliver Glasner credited meticulous preparation for his team’s result against the reigning champions.

Details: Glasner highlighted that the key to the draw was his team’s exceptional work rate in high-intensity runs and sprints. Crystal Palace leads the league in this statistic, while Manchester City ranks near the bottom.

Quote: "City dominate possession in every game, but they are the lowest in terms of running intensity and sprint distances, while we are fifth or sixth in the league. They’ve also lost this season against teams with high intensity—Bournemouth, Tottenham, and Brighton.

We talked about this being our strength. The intensity, the runs we can make from deep with our wing-backs and forwards. We thought this would help us win, because beating City by dominating possession is nearly impossible—I don’t know many teams that can do it. So, you have to look for other ways, and one of those is intensity, the other is set plays. It worked quite well," Glasner told FourFourTwo.