An absolute worldie
Andros Townsend scored the goal of the season so far on Saturday. The 40-yard volley put Crystal Palace ahead of Manchester City at the Etihad stadium.
City had gone 1-0 ahead of Palace through Ilkay Gündogan but the Eagles clawed back to 2-1 with goals from Jeffrey Schlupp and Andros Townsend.
In the 35th minute, poor defensive work from Manchester City left a scrappy ball looping out to around 40 yards from the goal.
Andros Townsend, who knows how to bang in a long-ranger, ran onto and through it, the ball rebounding in a spin-less swerve toward the top corner. Lightning power made the effort impossible to save.
OH WHAT A GOAL! Andros Townsend take a bow! 🚀 pic.twitter.com/otLpb8dq8l
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) December 22, 2018
Manchester City have lost just three of their last 63 premier league games, not yet to drop points at home in the 18/19 season.
A penalty from Luka Milivojevic put Crystal Palace 3-1 up but Kevin de Bruyne answered with a cross that drifted in off the far post for 3-2.
City had lost just once, now twice, in the league this season (to Chelsea) and currently sit four points behind league leaders Liverpool following the Reds 2-0 win over Wolves on Friday night.
Blimey. @andros_townsend has just given @CPFC the lead at @ManCity with the most unbelievable volley. Goal of the season contender folks. See it on @BBCMOTD tonight. 👏👏
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 22, 2018
Andros Townsend 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 what a strike 😱❤️💙
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) December 22, 2018
