The Crystal Palace midfielder ran relentlessly for over 90-minutes, harrying City in defence and surging forward in attack.
Speaking with the media post-match, Gallagher discussed his incredible work rate, saying: “To be honest with you, I can’t feel my legs! I’m struggling to talk. Every single one of the boys gave everything and I’m proud of the team.
“The boss wants me to press. He feels like I’m good at that and I give my best every single game and always work my hardest. Like I said, I’m struggling to talk and my legs are gone!”
But Gallagher didn’t dwell on his performance, instead turning his attention to the wider team after a historic result that secured two wins in one season against City for the first time in 25 years.
“The whole team were brilliant and worked so hard for that,” he said. “We deserve it. We even had chances to win the game I think but we’ll take a point against them. It’s deserved.
“Before the game we had belief that we could win. I feel like we’ve played well recently and got a few good results so we were confident going into the game and I think you could see that. We’re happy with the point.
“They’re one of the best teams in the world and to do that against them [take points] twice is amazing and shows what we can do as a team.”
Taking a moment to explain what worked for Palace, Gallagher also said: “I think you could see our gameplan: it was defensively organised, try to catch them on the counter-attack, which we did a few times but weren’t able to score. I think it was a very good performance from us.”
