Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Crystal Palace a Alan Pardew e kii ana ka taea e Manchester City te hoki mai i muri ki te tango i te taitara Barclays Premier League mai i a Chelsea. Kotahi te tukinga a City ki a Liverpool i mua i tana karauna i te wa o te tau kua hipa, i te tau 2012, ko te whiu o Sergio Aguero i te wa o te wharanga i te keemu whakamutunga i hinga a Manchester United i runga i te rereketanga o te whaainga. I tēnei wā e ono ngā tohu a Chelsea i runga i te tēpu me te kēmu kei te ringa, engari ko Pardew, ko tōna kapa Palace e manaaki ana i te taone nui i te Mane, e whakapono ana kei tawhiti atu te whakataetae. Ko Alan Pardew e mau ana i ona taringa i te tukinga i waenganui i Crystal Palace ki a Stoke a kua kore te rangatira o Eagles e whakatau i a Manchester City ki waho o te whakataetae taitara. I wikitoria a Manchester City i te taitara Pirimia Pirimia i te tau kua hipa i muri i tana eke ki runga me te takaro kotahi ki te takaro. Ko te wikitoria o Sergio Aguero i te wa o te wharanga ki a QPR i te tau 2012 i hiri i te wikitoria tuatahi o te kapa Premier League o City. 'He pono kei te whakataetae tonu rātau mō te taitara, kua whakamatautauria i ngā wā maha kāore te whakataetae e mutu,' i kī a Pardew. 'Ahakoa i te wā i riro i a City, i tae ki ngā hēkona whakamutunga. 'Ko te mea nui o te Pirimia Pirimia, kaore e taea e koe te wikitoria i nga wikitoria.' Kāore he āwangawanga o Pardew mō tētahi whara hou i mua i te tukinga ki City. Ko Marouane Chamakh, ko Fraizer Campbell (e rua nga hamstring) me Jordon Mutch (pua) kei waho tonu i te wa e whakamutua ana a Kapene Mile Jedinak.
Kei te manaaki a Crystal Palace i a Manchester City i te Monday Night Football. Kāore te kaiwhakahaere o Eagles a Alan Pardew e whakaae ana ki te whakakore i ngā tūponotanga o te taitara o City. Kāore he āwangawanga mō ngā whara hou a Palace i mua i te tukinga o Selhurst Park.