Even De Bruyne back to be a starter, it's not enough to make Manchester City to win easily. The performance of both Crystal Palace and Manchester City are equal, but Crystal Palace is actually didn't have a good history, so this mean Manchester City is still in bad performance.
The draw at Crystal Palace means Manchester City have failed to win in six away games in three different competitions. Conceding 2 goals from Palace also recorded the worst defensive performance in the Guardiola era, besides that the dependence on Haaland is also starting to be seen and it is clear that it is very detrimental to them. Losing 2 points at Palace's headquarters makes City fall further behind Liverpool, although still perched in fourth place, but they are already eight points behind, the points gap still has the opportunity to increase because Liverpool have a postponed match against Everton.