Manchester City striker Erling Haaland missed a penalty in the second half on Thursday. (Reuters)
The mighty Manchester City continues to drop points in the Premier League as Pep Guardiola’s defending champions were held to a 1-1 draw at home by a gritty Everton side.
City’s slump has seen them win just once in their last 13 matches across all competitions and they provisionally sit sixth in the table with 28 points, 11 below leaders Liverpool who have two games in hand. Everton are 15th, five points above the drop zone, but have now earned three impressive, successive draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and City.
Bernardo Silva scored an early goal but City could only muster a single point in the first of the Boxing Day games in England’s top flight on Thursday. Silva scored in the 14th minute when Jeremy Doku played a ball in behind the Toffees’ defence and Silva slid in to fire into the far corner from a tight angle. But Iliman Ndiaye drew Everton level in the 36th when he took a touch to settle the ball, then unleashed a shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
City fans thought they had victory locked up when Erling Haaland stepped up to the penalty spot in the second half after Seamus Coleman’s tackle on Savinho, but goalkeeper Jordan Pickford dived correctly to safe the shot. Haaland headed home the rebound, but it was chalked off for offside.
“We played really good but we are in the period right now that is what happens, we create, we concede the first time arrive. But yeah, keep going,” City manager Pep Guardiola told Amazon’Prime after the match. “The performance against that team was really good offensively and defensively. We shot a lot inside the 18 yard box but unfortunately couldn’t get the result we wanted.”
(With Reuters inputs)
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