Pep Guardiolanow the decline of his Manchester City it seems like a bad serialized series that is enriched with new details every time. This time the failure is double, because it involves the teamunable once again to win a match even if they faced at home a team on the inferior card like theEverton. But also its most prestigious player, the Norwegian center forward Haaland.
So, there's nothing to be done: Manchester City doesn't find a victory even under the Christmas tree. Against Everton, who recently seems to have become an insurmountable obstacle for the big teams (and will also have to recover the Derby against Liverpool), ends 1-1.
Guardiola only collected two points in the last ones four Premier League matches. And they can boast just one victory in their last 13 matches in all competitions, with an impressive score of three draws and nine defeats. 6 points won out of 39 available: this is the data, naked and raw, that makes the most impression.
Yet, the match was immediately put on a favorable track: al 14′, Bernardo Silva it goes deep and with a split touch scores 1-0. The Portuguese, however, devours the second goal by trying to drill it into the penalty area, and to 36′ the Toffees manage to penetrate City's defense and they find an equal with a splendid exterior under the crossbar of I'm goingwhich makes it 1-1.
In the second half, Guardiola has the great opportunity to take the lead again, but at 53′ he is betrayed by Haaland himself. The center forward misses one penalty, shot without much conviction to the goalkeeper's left: Pickford he rejects it, the action continues and the Norwegian scores with a header, but clearly offside.
The Spanish coach tries everything and inserts De Bruyne e Gundoganbut the move doesn't pay off. Furthermore, in added time, Lewis fired high over the bar and missed another chance 2-1. The match ends and City goes to 28 pointswithout however reducing the distance from fourth place. After the 0-0 with Chelsea e ArsenalEverton hits a prestigious third consecutive draw in the championship against una big.
