Madueke's goal from a penalty in the last minutes was the savior for Chelsea.
He entered the game in the 71st minute to be the hero. Actually there was a goal disallowed due to offside as well like 10 minutes before this goal. It would have been good for Jackson if that goal was counted. Besides I didn't understand why Pochettino put Nkunku behind him.
I mean I know that second striker is also one of Nkunku's positions in which he can play. But he is very effective as a centre-forward as well. While Jackson is having a bad season why wouldn't you prefer Nkunku in his position?
He seems to be experimenting with player positions, and he hopes to find the right position from his experiments. This is actually a good thing, because maybe what he's doing will be very useful for the future because he can rotate players in certain situations.
They almost had to share the points with their guests, but they were lucky enough to get a penalty in the final minute of the match and it was well executed. If they don't get a penalty, I think they won't be able to win this match, because Crystal Palace also tried to keep the score.
The impact of Kevin De Bruyne's injury is quite visible on the Manchester City team, because it must be admitted that Kevin De Bruyne has become a very unique key player at Manchester City, making Manchester City stronger like last season. However, for this season the Manchester City coach must be able to change a habit to be better because currently Manchester City is still having a hard time staying in first place so they will only fight for the UCL zone if it is no longer possible to win again this season.
There are players that there absence will affect the entire team spirit and strength, and Kelvin De Bruyne happen to be that one man that's important to Manchester City at Etihad Stadium. Kelvin De Bruyne absence did affected the team's performance on the pitch and the Belgium international is looking forward to return to training and this might be the best news any City fan keen on hearing this season. Pep Guardiola and his players have missed Kelvin De Bruyne and his stellar display against his opponents, he always have way to figure his best and provide solutions to their challenges.
It is undeniable that the absence of Kelvin de Bruyne was felt in the Manchester City game, no wonder because he is a player who has high creativity in building attacks and also he has the ability to provide mature passes that spoil the attack line.
But Pep Guardiola can slowly make their weaknesses reduced even without a Kelvin de Bruyne. This is a very valuable lesson for them, because they can know what their weaknesses are, namely when the players they rely on cannot be played. In the future they must prepare well for players who can fill the void left behind, so that something like this does not happen again.