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Crystal Palace's James McArthur in action with Manchester City's Yaya Toure during their Premier League soccer match at Selhurst Park http://www.cheapkankenbackpackbig.com/ , April 6, 2015. [PhotoAgencies]
LONDON - Crystal Palace left Manchester City's hopes of retaining their Premier League crown in tatters after a 2-1 win at Selhurst Park on Monday to leave Manuel Pellegrini's side trailing a distant fourth in the title race.


The defeat kept City nine points behind leaders Chelsea and seemingly now in a battle to finish above Arsenal and Manchester United.


Chelsea, who have eight matches to play, have 70 points Cheap Fjallraven Kanken No.2 , followed by Arsenal on 63, Manchester United on 62 and City on 61. That trio all have seven matches remaining.


Impressive Palace defended resolutely to withstand early City pressure before taking the lead through Glenn Murray after 34 minutes.


He swept in from close range after Scott Dann's shot bounced off goalkeeper Joe Hart's leg into his path.


The goal stood despite City claiming Palace had been offside in the build-up, but there was no argument about Palace's second three minutes into the second half.


Fernandinho brought down the outstanding Murray 20 metres from goal and Jason Puncheon swept his curling free kick over the wall and past Hart into the corner of the goal.


Yaya Toure gave City some hope with a thunderous drive after 78 minutes but although Palace dealt his team what could be a fatal blow to their title hopes, Pellegrini was not conceding the race was over yet.


"We lost to an offside goal and a beautiful free kick and we did not take our chances Cheap Fjallraven Kanken Classic ," he told Sky Sports.


"We are not talking about the title now, or Chelsea. We are just trying to win our games. We have seven games left they are all very important, there are 21 points and all we must do is win our games."


City came to Palace after a run of patchy form with only four wins in their last 13 matches in all competitions and were almost dealt an early blow in the second minute when Wilfried Zaha blasted his angled drive over.


City soon settled with David Silva and Sergio Aguero combining well up front, and Aguero came close to opening the scoring after 19 minutes but saw his shot cannon away off the foot of Julian Speroni's right-hand post.


The match also had echoes of Liverpool's visit to Selhurst Park 11 months ago when they were leading 3-0 with 11 minutes to play Cheap Fjallraven Kanken Big , only for Palace to end their title hopes by drawing 3-3.


Palace manager Alan Pardew told Sky: "We showed diligence, character and resilience tonight. We had two quality moments for the goals -- it was a shame we did not have more offensive moments tonight, but we will have other games when that happens."




MADRID, March 22 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid to open up a four-point lead at the top of the Spanish La Liga on Sunday.


Luis Suarez scored the winning goal in a tense and at times fractious match in which Real Madrid were the better side in the first 45 minutes Cheap Fjallraven Kanken Mini , but ran out steam after half time.


There were very few surprises in the starting line-ups as Barca coach, Luis Enrique decided against risking the fitness of Sergio Busquets, who began the game on the bench.


That once again saw Javier Mascherano push into midfield with Jeremy Mathieu partnering Gerard Pique in central defense.


Meanwhile Luka Modric, Isco and Tony Kroos form the trident in the Real Madrid midfield in a game which started with both sides looking sharp and Cristiano Ronaldo sending a volley against the Barcelona crossbar after 12 minutes following French forward Karim Benzema's cross.


Madrid were looking good Cheap Kanken Backpack , but it was Barca who opened the scoring when Pepe fouled Luis Suarez. Messi sent over the cross and Mathieu picked the perfect moment to score his first goal for the club with a powerful header past goalkeeper Iker Casillas.


Messi then teed up Jordi Alba to fire over and saw a free kick deflected for a corner, while both Suarez and Pepe saw yellow cards after exchanging fouls, before Madrid drew level after the half hour as Ronaldo drilled past Claudio Bravo following more good work by Benzema, who had in turn been fed by the impressive Luca Modric.


Tension was reaching boiling point and Ronaldo was then booked for diving Cheap Fjallraven Kanken Backpack , before Alba also picked a yellow card for dissent and Gareth Bale had a goal ruled offside following a tight offside decision against Ronaldo.


Real Madrid were on top and Barcelona's goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had to save a Ronaldo drive before Bale missed a chance he should have scored with his left foot with the home side desperate for the halftime whistle.


The start of the second half saw both sides take stock of the situation, but Barca hit the fast forward button in the 56th minute when Suarez restored their lead with a right foot shot following good work from Dani Alves.