And Manchester City increasingly overwhelmed by the emotional and negative shockwave in the last two months or so. The 1-1 draw achieved today with Everton at the Etihad Stadium will not be the straw that breaks the camel's back already full of discouragement and disappointment, yet Pep Guardiola he cannot even be satisfied with the single point taken today in front of his fans the day after Christmas.
The Manchester City manager, who spoke to Amazon Primespoke about the outcome of today's Boxing Day match like this: “We played really well, but we are in a period in which exactly this happens: we create, but we concede (goal, ed.) at the first shot that arrives. But yes, we have to continue like this. The performance against that team was really good, both offensively and defensively. We shot a lot inside the area, but unfortunately we weren't able to get the result we wanted.”
On the next match against Leicesterscheduled for December 29: “Now it's time to recover and go there with the best mentality possible. This is what we have to do”, he comments.
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
