Man City beat Palace to close gap with Arsenal to 2, with two games to play

Manchester City overcome Crystal Palace 3-0 to cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to two points as season finale looms.Manchester City’s second string eased past Crystal Palace 3-0 on Wednesday to climb just two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, with two games remaining of a captivating title race.Pep Guardiola made six changes from the side that beat Brentford 3-0 at the weekend, with Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku among those on the bench, while Palace boss Oliver Glasner also made tweaks.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Japan suspends Australian rugby coach Jones for verbally abusing officialslist 2 of 4Jason Collins, first openly gay active NBA player, dies at 47list 3 of 4Rana stars as Bangladesh down Pakistan in first Test thrillerlist 4 of 4Basketball star Brandon Clarke, Memphis Grizzlies forward, dies at age 29end of listFirst-half goals from Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush put City in control at a damp Etihad, and a late strike from Savinho added gloss to the scoreline.The tide appeared to have turned in City’s favour in the title race over recent weeks, but last week’s costly 3-3 draw at Everton put Arsenal firmly back in the box seat.The City players experienced the agony of seeing a stoppage-time equaliser for West Ham against Arsenal ruled out following a VAR check on Sunday as the Gunners battled to a 1-0 win.City opened the scoring in style in the 32nd minute after Phil Foden produced an exquisite back pass to set up Semenyo, who finished coolly past Dean Henderson into the far corner of the goal.They doubled their lead eight minutes later, with Foden again the provider, touching the ball to Marmoush, who celebrated his third Premier League goal of the season.John Stones, departing at the end of the campaign, came on as a substitute towards the end of a forgettable second period to a rousing reception.Minutes later, Rayan Cherki ran with the ball from his own half before setting up Savinho, who swept the ball past Henderson.