Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Onye nchịkwa Crystal Palace bụ Alan Pardew na-ekwusi ike na Manchester City nwere ike ịbịa n'azụ ọzọ ịnapụ Barclays Premier League aha na Chelsea. City ji otu egwuregwu gafee Liverpool tupu ha eburu okpu mmeri n'oge gara aga na 2012, mmerụ ahụ Sergio Aguero merụrụ n'egwuregwu ikpeazụ merụrụ Manchester United na ọdịiche nke ihe mgbaru ọsọ. Chelsea nwere isi ihe isii n'elu tebụl na egwuregwu dị n'aka mana Pardew, onye Palace na-akwado City na Mọnde, kwenyere na agbụrụ ahụ dị anya na njedebe. Alan Pardew na-eme mkpọtụ n'oge asọmpi Crystal Palace na Stoke na onyeisi ndị Eagles ajụla ịchụpụ Manchester City n'asọmpi ahụ. Manchester City nwetara iko Premier League n'afọ gara aga mgbe ha ruru n'isi mgbe ha ka nwere otu egwuregwu ha ga-egwu. Sergio Aguero meriri QPR n'afọ 2012 nke mere ka City merie asọmpi Premier League mbụ ha. 'N'ezie, ha ka nọ n'ọsọ ọlụ, ọ bụ ihe egosila ọtụtụ oge na asọmpi ahụ anaghị akwụsị,' ka Pardew kwuru. 'Ọbụna mgbe City meriri ya, ọ gara na sekọnd ikpeazụ. 'Ọ bụ ihe magburu onwe ya na Premier League, ị pụghị iwere mmeri dị ka ihe e nyere n'aka.' Pardew enweghị mmerụ ahụ ọhụrụ na-echegbu onwe ya tupu egwuregwu megide City. Marouane Chamakh, Fraizer Campbell (ha abụọ bụ hamstring) na Jordon Mutch (thigh) ka nọ n'èzí ebe a kwụsịtụrụ onyeisi ha bụ Mile Jedinak.
Crystal Palace na- anabata Manchester City na Monday Night Football. Onyeisi ndị Eagles bụ Alan Pardew jụrụ ịhapụ ohere ndị City nwere inweta mmeri. Ụlọakụ Palace enweghị mmerụ ahụ ọhụrụ na-echegbu onwe ha tupu ọgụ Selhurst Park.