Yaya Toure was accused by Jamie Carragher of ducking out of the way of Jason Puncheon 's free-kick which killed off Manchester City 's hopes of salvaging something from Selhurst Park . Toure , who is paid £200,000-a-week , was part of a five-man wall when Puncheon stepped up to double Crystal Palace 's lead , but Sportsmail columnist Carragher feels the City midfielder did not do enough to prevent the winner . 'That 's not acceptable when you go into a wall , ' Carragher said on Sky Sports ' Monday Night Football . 'The rest of them are desperate to be hit with the ball in the face and it 's poor from Yaya Toure . Jason Puncheon takes the free-kick that killed off Manchester City 's chances at Selhurst Park on Monday . Yaya Toure was accused by Sportsmail 's Jamie Carragher of ducking out of the way of Puncheon 's free-kick . Fernandinho and Vincent Kompany look keen to get their head to the ball but Toure appears to duck . How the top of the Premier League table looks . 'It 's a huge wall . Sometimes you look at walls , and that is one of the biggest you 'll ever see . 'As he [ Puncheon ] connects with the ball , if you look at the knees , they 're all crouching ready to jump . Yaya Toure does n't look in the same position as the rest to start with . 'The only thing I was thinking was , does he think it is going to hit him in the face ? He puts his head down to try to head it away . 'The more I look at it , everybody else is looking at the ball , doing everything they can . It 's not in [ Vincent ] Kompany 's line . It 's not in Fernandinho 's line . They 're stretching their necks trying to get something on it . That 's just damning for Yaya Toure . ' The defeat left champions City nine points adrift of Chelsea , who also have a game in hand . Carragher accused Toure of shying away from his duties in the wall during the Premier League defeat . Carragher was speaking on Sky Sports ' Monday Night Football with fellow pundit Gary Neville ( right )
Crystal Sportsmail beat Manchester City 2-1 at Selhurst Park on Monday night . Jason Puncheon 's free-kick doubled Sportsmail 's lead in the second half . Yaya Toure was accused of ducking out of the way of the winning goal . Palace 's Jamie Carragher : 'The rest of them are desperate to be hit with the ball in the face and it 's poor from Yaya Toure ' Gary Neville : City have a mentality problem ... they can not sustain success .