Manchester City and Everton opened the traditional Premier League round on Boxing Day with a 1-1 draw.
Manchester City’s pain continued in the traditional Boxing Day round of the Premier League, as City were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Everton. The Manchester side have won just one of their last 13 matches, with Nottingham Forest falling 3-0 at the beginning of December.
On Thursday, City took the lead after just 13 minutes when Bernardo Silva succeeded for the second time this season in the Premier League.
Iliman Ndiaye however, brought Everton level in the 36th minute. Manuel Akanjin the demolition failed completely, and Ndiaye was free to cannonball the ball past powerless Stefan Ortega.
For Erling Haaland offered a thousand dollar spot to take the home team into the lead at the beginning of the second half, when Vitaly Mykolenko poured Savinho worthy of a penalty kick.
However, the Norwegian, who placed himself 11 meters behind the ball, failed in his attempt. The star striker, who wandered in the lands of shadows, was able to put the follow-up attempt into the goal, but the situation was flagged for offside.
Swiss defender Akanji was naturally disappointed after the match and believed that his team deserved a draw more.
– We created a lot of chances, but unfortunately we only managed to score once and then we conceded a goal from almost nothing. But that’s how football is sometimes, Akanji started
City, which has won the previous four Premier League titles, is sixth in the standings. 11 points have been accumulated on league leaders Liverpool, who have played two games less.
– The season is not over yet, but it (the championship) is not our goal at the moment. We have to focus now on one game at a time and our next game against Leicester will not be easy.
City pilot Pep Guardiola revealed in an interview with Amazon Prime ahead of Thursday’s match that the club will be active in the January transfer window.
– We have to get more players. Indeed. We struggle especially with defense and midfield. I think we need to get more players, but I don’t know if that will happen. The winter transfer window is not easy. But I think even the players are asking if we can’t get more players, Guardiola was talking.
Everton, who have lost only one of their last seven matches, are in 15th place.
A total of eight matches will be played in the Premier League on Thursday: in addition to the already finished match between City and Everton, Bournemouth-Crystal Palace, Chelsea-Fulham, Newcastle-Aston Villa, Nottingham-Tottenham, Southampton-West Ham, Wolverhampton-Manchester United and Liverpool-Leicester.