Manchester City will hope to maintain or indeed restore their six-point lead at the Premier League summit when they travel to Crystal Palace for a Monday night fixture.
Pep Guardiola’s side thrashed sorry rivals United 4-1 in the Manchester derby last weekend, with a brace apiece from Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez keeping control of the now intriguing title race after Liverpool had moved back to within three points with a hard-fought win over West Ham the day before.
Liverpool will play the early Saturday kick-off this weekend and could close that gap once more with a trip to Brighton tomorrow lunchtime.
City’s winning run came to an end with a bore draw against Sporting CP in the Champions League in midweek, but they had already all but sealed their quarter-final spot with a 5-0 thrashing in Lisbon last month.
Looking to deliver a blow to their hopes of retaining the title are a Palace team that continue to make impressive strides under Patrick Vieira, briefly moving up to 10th with a fine win at Wolves last time out that saw Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha net during a fantastic first-half display at Molineux.
The Eagles know what it takes to beat City too, having triumphed 2-0 at the Etihad in October courtesy of goals from Zaha and Conor Gallagher.
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