It's unbelievable what's happening to Manchester City for 57 days now. On the occasion of today's Boxing Day in the Premier League, however, Guardiola's team first took the lead with Bernardo Silva's goal, only to be caught up in the 36th minute by Ndiaye. At the final whistle the curtain falls at the Etihad Stadium and Everton can return home with a very heavy point taken away for the final 1-1, while the hosts once again end up in low spirits.
They are 3 points away from fourth place Forest (soon to be playing against Tottenham), while to hope to catch up with league leaders Liverpool they currently need 11 points. The flop of the citizens the season began last October 30th, when Tottenham kicked Guardiola and co out of the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.
With the advent of various serious injuries – Rodri above all -, however, the slow and inexorable decline of the English champion team is finding no end. But at least after 3 defeats in a row City still avoids a bad fall, but a victory has now been missing for 22 days.
PREMIER LEAGUE, 18TH MATCH
Thursday 26 December
Manchester City – Everton 1-1
16:00 Bournemouth – Crystal Palace
16:00 Chelsea – Fulham
16:00 Newcastle – Aston Villa
16:00 Nottingham – Tottenham
16:00 Southampton – West Ham
18:30 Wolves – Manchester Utd
21:00 Liverpool – Leicester
Friday 27 December
20:30 Brighton – Brentford
21:15 Arsenal – Ipswich
THE RANKING
Liverpool 39**
Chelsea 35
Arsenal 33
Nottingham 31
Bournemouth 28
Aston Villa 28
Manchester City 28*
Newcastle 26
Fulham 25
Brighton 25
Tottenham 23
Brentford 23
Manchester Utd 22
West Ham 20
Everton 17***
Crystal Palace 16
Leicester 14
Wolves 12
Ipswich 12
Southampton 6
*one more game
**two games less
***one game less
