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Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis reacts to his side's 2-0 loss against Manchester City in the Premier League. The match followed Chelsea's 2-0 win at Liverpool which boosted City's title chances.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Pulis, Crystal Palace coach:

"The result before the game has actually given Manchester City a massive lift and concedibng what was a poor goal from our point of view early on. So, not only did they have a lift off the pitch, they had a great lift - what was it? - three or four minutes on the pitch and that settled them down and like I've said, you want them to be under pressure a little bit, to give us a chance and make them nervous and it didn't happen and it fell into place for them today."