Crystal Palace fans have taken to Twitter to heap praise on James McCarthy, but also use the former Wigan man's performance as a stick to beat Luka Milivojevic with.

The Serbia international was serving the second game of a three-match ban while his teammates took on Manchester City and drew 2-2, meaning that McCarthy - who had only made five Premier League starts this term prior to Saturday - started in his place.

Incidentally, the Republic of Ireland international went on to deliver a fine showing against Pep Guardiola's back-to-back champions.

McCarthy won the ball back with a clean sliding challenge in the 90th minute, before getting to his feet and finding Wilfried Zaha in the channel with a perfect pass, who then went on to grab an equaliser courtesy of Fernandinho's shin.

Aside from that crucial contribution, the 29-year-old made four tackles in total, as well as one interception and one block, while also making one key pass and recording one dribble - he also successfully completed both of his two attempted crosses.

Let's see what the Crystal Palace fans on Twitter are saying about McCarthy and, consequently, Milivojevic...

To kick off the discussion, these two fans both used McCarthy's excellent display to criticise Milivojevic.

Carl said that the Eagles "didn't miss" the Serb against City, before stating that the Irishman "offers us more" both in and out of possession.

Also, Daniel called the former Olympiakos man a "pedestrian" and said that he "ain't getting back in this side" - he also noted the difference in energy levels between the two.

Elsewhere, these two supporters both kept things simply by using the '>' symbol to express themselves.

As it goes, both of them think the £3m summer signing is better than Milivojevic.

Lastly, George and Joe both used the word 'better' to describe McCarthy in comparison to the Eagles' No.4.

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The former said that he is "so much better" than the 28-year-old while the latter fan, Joe, said he's a "better option than Luka" - it's safe to say that these supporters are all on the same page.

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