I like that you used the word "if" which is a really strong word in this context because like you pointed out earlier, City are hungry for goals and would be looking to do to another club that which they did to Aston Villa and you'd agree with me that in terms of strength, Unai Emery's Aston are tougher than Crystal but they still got that thrashing and you think Crystal Palace will survive it? Home or away, it makes no difference. The only thing that might occur is that we might see Palace making it difficult for City to score but that won't mean they won't. Haaland hasn't scored in three games now if I'm not mistaken and will be itching to do so, and coupled with the fact that they drew their last match, Pep will be looking to take his pound of flesh, don't you think?
The only strange thing is that City could not do the same with Liverpool and Arsenal, and could not score a single goal. In the match with Arsenal, it was clear how an organized defense can ruin Guardiola’s plans, but I think they are no strangers to such games, most teams are simply trying to defend against City, by the way, even though Arteta’s strategy worked, I didn’t like Arsenal’s game at all.
The game with Crystal Peles has already started, and Crystal Peles opens the scoring in the first minutes, this is unexpected and now City will have to win back, let's see how quickly they can do it. Now, by the way, Krista Peles may well play from defense on counterattacks.
Like every other game we've seen Man City come from behind to draw in the first half, I'm more of the mind that the opponents won't be so lucky to maintain that scoreline and with the way Crystal Palace are playing, it's not going to be easy for them to hold Man City from winning the game. As it stands now, they are level on points with Arsenal if the scoreline ends like this but we all know how Pep rarely settles for less, at least a two points gap will be needed by them.
Maybe Crystal will recharge and get back stronger in the second half is a big maybe because when you play with a desperate, hungry club like Man City, you'd need to have all your wits about you to avoid mistakes and I like that they aren't leaving their defenses open too much cause that can be terrible for them as right now the visitors are trying to create spaces, making small passes to pry the defense of Palace.
For me, it's the second half that would determine if Crystal Palace did a good job at keeping Pep and his boys at bay or not.