MANCHESTER (England) – Premier League Boxing Day (18th matchday) which opens at the Etihad Stadium with the Manchester City who continues in his moment of great difficulty by drawing 1-1 against theEverton. For the reigning champions this is the second draw in the last 4 matches (also seasoned by 2 defeats) giving theAston Villa (6th place with equal 28 points) and al Newcastle (26 points) the opportunity to overcome the team Guardiola.
The hosts immediately broke the deadlock in the 4th minute Bernardo Silva: assist of Tissue with the Spaniard sliding left-handed and finding (with the help of a deflection) the goal to make it 1-0. Everton, however, reacts and before the break City recovers with a goal in the 36th minute I'm going good at latching on to the cross Doucoure and kick low. At the start of the second half the Citizens had the chance to take the lead again with Haaland appearing on the spot but Pickford senses the conclusion and savesHaaland then scored on the follow-up but the goal was disallowed for offside. The Toffees also had the opportunity to win the match in the 95th minute but badly wasted a 4-vs-2 counterattack.
Guardiola: “Champions at risk”
There is no respite for Guardiola, called to once again take stock of the crisis in results, which now puts qualification for the next Champions League at risk. The balance of 2 points in the last 4 matches could in fact lead to a drop to 8th place in the standings. These are the words of the technician: “When I said it, people laughed, they said that qualifying for the Champions League cannot be considered a great success. But it happened to other big clubs here, they dominated for years and then for years they didn't qualify for the Champions League. The only team who have always qualified in the recent past is Manchester City but now we risk not qualifying.”
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