Manchester City secured a convincing 3-0 away victory over Crystal Palace in the 16th round of the Premier League, held at Selhurst Park. According to the Argentine News Agency, the goals for the team managed by Josep Guardiola were scored by Erling Haaland (twice, in the 41st minute of the first half and the 44th of the second) and Phil Foden (in the 24th minute of the second half). With this result, The Cityzens moved into second place in the English League with 34 points, trailing the league leader, Arsenal, by two points. In their next league match, they will host West Ham (18th). Meanwhile, the home side, who had won two consecutive games, fell to fifth place with 26 points and will face Leeds in the next round of the tournament. Towards the end of the first half, Norwegian striker Erling Haaland rose high to head in a cross from Matheus Nunes on the right, beating goalkeeper Dean Henderson to open the scoring. In the second half, a great individual play from French midfielder Rayan Cherki set up Foden, who controlled the ball and fired a left-footed strike against the far post, out of the reach of the English goalkeeper. In the final moments of the game, Haaland once again beat the keeper, this time from the penalty spot, to make it 3-0 and seal the victory for Manchester City, which brought them closer to the top of the table. Without 'Dibu' Martínez, Aston Villa defeated West Ham and remains in a Champions League position. Aston Villa, without their Argentine starting goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez, achieved an important victory to maintain third place in the Premier League and compete for a spot in the next Champions League. The Villans managed to turn the game around after going into halftime 2-1 down thanks to goals from Mateus Fernandes and Jarrod Bowen for Nuno Espirito Santo's side, while Konstantinos Mavropanos scored for the visitors. However, in the second half, Morgan Rogers scored twice (in the 5th and 34th minutes) to reverse the result and earn his team three points. In other matches of the round, Tottenham (11th), featuring Argentine central defender and Spurs captain Cristian Romero, lost 0-3 to Nottingham Forest (16th) with two goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi and one from Ibrahim Sangare. Finally, Sunderland (7th) won 1-0 against Newcastle (12th) thanks to an own goal from Nick Woltemade, while Brentford and Leeds drew 1-1.
