Despite Erling Haaland’s goal, the Citizens lamented a home draw and missed vital points in the title dispute.
A draw was the one Manchester City got this Saturday after leveling 1-1 against Everton at the Etihad Stadium in a match corresponding to the date 18 of the English Premier League.
The meeting began favorably for the students of Pep Guardiola who began to show supremacy early on, which led to him frequently approaching the goal of the Liverpool team, defended by the goalkeeper of the England team, Jordan Pickford .
This insistence paid off in the 24th minute, when Erling Haaland chained a cross from Riyad Mahrez from the right to the middle of the area, marking the opening of the account in favor of the citizen cast. .
From then on, those of Manchester kept the pressure on their rival, managing to stretch the numbers John Stones (44′) but his header crashed into Everton’s vertical, so both teams rested with the partial advantage of the sky-blues.
Gray silenced the Etihad
While everything seemed to indicate that a new goal from those led by Guardiola was only a matter of minutes, an attack from the underdogs resulted in a Point-blank shot by Demarai Gray (64′) who slipped into the top left corner of the goal guarded by the Brazilian Ederson putting 1-1 on the scoreboard.
With the objective, the team commanded by Frank Lampard they took care to maintain defensive order to contain the onslaught of the hosts, who however did not have the lucidity to break the siege imposed by their adversary.
In this direction, Kevin De Bruyne (82′), Riyadh Mahrez (83′) and a last attempt to Rodri in the throw-ins (90+11′) they were able to mark the imbalance on the scoreboard, but they did not manage to violate the foreign defence.
With this result, Manchester City remain in second place in the standings with 36 points four behind the leader Arsenal (40) -that if he wins as in his visit to Brighton- he will extend the advantage with his escort to seven units.
The next day, the celestial cast will have to travel to London to face the locals chelsea duel set for Thursday, January 5th.
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