Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace analysis: Foden in fine form

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Manchester City's meeting against Crystal Palace was the game in hand from their appearance in the Carabao Cup final back in March – the top two have now both played the same number of games with 36 apiece.

Arsenal will guarantee a long-awaited title triumph if they win both their remaining games, while they can also claim the title early next week if they beat Burnley on Monday and City fail to beat Bournemouth the following day.

But it appears that Arsenal will have to go and win the title themselves rather than having it handed to them.

Pep Guardiola shuffled the starting XI against Palace but his side still managed to get the job done without enduring too much trouble.

Phil Foden has been consigned to the bench for much of the last two months and he made only his third start in City's past 13 matches, but the 25-year-old took his opportunity with two assists in the opening 45 minutes.

The first was a delightful piece of skill that ignited an insipid contest, finished off first-time by Antione Semenyo to end a run of five games without scoring, while the second pass across the box allowed Omar Marmoush to scramble in his eighth goal of the campaign.