Manchester City loses points again after Haaland’s missed penalty

Manchester City failed to beat low-flying Everton: 1-1. For the team of troubled coach Pep Guardiola, it is the fourth consecutive competition match that they have not won. Looking at all the competitions City participate in, the reigning champions have won just one of their last thirteen games.

Due to the loss of points, City remains stuck at 28 points from 18 games. This means that Aston Villa or Newcastle can take over sixth place in the rankings from City later today. Thanks to the point, Everton overcame Crystal Palace and are now fifteenth.

Josko Gvardiol, on behalf of the home team, with Nathan Aké in the starting line-up, was dangerous after just three minutes with a hard header against the post. After fourteen minutes, City still had the lead: after a nice through ball from Jérémy Doku, Bernardo Silva worked the ball past Everton defender Jarred Branthwaite behind goalkeeper Jordan Pickford: 1-0.

After 33 minutes, Phil Foden put Bernardo Silva alone in front of Pickford, but the Portuguese shot wide of the goal with an outside foot. Three minutes later, Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye showed how to finish a ball with the outside of the foot. The Senegalese brilliantly finished a cross from Abdoulaye Doucouré: 1-1.

Immediately after the break, City started again, with the reward being a quick penalty five minutes after the break. Former PSV player Sávio, who plays for City under the name Savinho, was knocked down by Vitali Mykolenko. The Ukrainian left referee Simon Hooper no choice but to point to the spot.

Usually a penalty is a shot in the arm for Erling Haaland, but the Norwegian saw his effort stopped by Pickford. The fact that he then headed in the rebound did not matter, because at that moment he was offside and so the score remained 1-1.

After 68 minutes it almost got worse for City: a free shooting opportunity from Doucouré went just wide of City keeper Stefan Ortega’s goal via the foot of Rico Lewis. Orel Mangala was also dangerous for the guests from Liverpool.

In the final phase, City, with substitutes Kevin de Bruyne and İlkay Gündoğan, were still in the hunt for three points, but the final offensive did not lead to any really great opportunities. In fact, Everton had a better claim to victory, but were not precise enough in the final phase.