The Citizens' crisis seems to never end and continues into Boxing Day: it ends 1-1 at home against Everton, after having also taken the lead and with a penalty missed by Haaland.
With this, they have 3 draws, 9 defeats and only 1 win in the last 13 matches in all competitions.
The day, however, had started in a positive way, thanks to Bernardo Silva's opening goal which arrived after just 14'. Excellent ground ball action by Guardiola's team, Doku's through ball into the area, Bernardo slides the ball and, thanks to the defender's deflection, makes the shot uncatchable for Pickford.
City seemed to be on a classic day where they immediately broke the deadlock and began to dominate their opponent, but after taking the lead, Guardiola's team built other opportunities without managing to double the lead.
Everton remained in the game well and reaped the rewards in the 36th minute, when they found an equalizer with a cross from the right: Akanji made a save in the area, the ball landed at the feet of Ndiaye, who controlled with his right foot and then with the same foot he kicks from the outside and beats Ortega. Super goal from the Toffees number 10.
Yet another goal conceded by Manchester City in this dark period: since the beginning of November, only Heidenheim have conceded more goals (28) than City's 26 across all competitions in Europe's top 5 leagues. A horror defense.
The sign that it really wasn't working came in the 53rd minute, when Savinho was brought down in the area by Mykolenko: a clear penalty kick for the Citizens.
Haaland, however, kicks a rather disappointing penalty, Pickford senses the side and closes the 1-1.
The English goalkeeper once again proves to be an excellent penalty saver, then the cameras also captured with a shot his preparation printed on the water bottle.
After the missed penalty, City obviously tried to push to find the 2-1 but they weren't able to come close, in fact, they even risked it on a couple of occasions (including an incredible counterattack in the 95th minute wasted by Everton ) to lose the game.
The average points between the Premier League and the Champions League in the November-December period is clearly the lowest ever in the Guardiola era: just 0.6.
Another significant fact, with City not seeing the light at the end of this tunnel.
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