Everton – Manchester City: City Leave It Late To Clinch The Three Points Against The Toffees (0-2)

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side left it late to clinch the three points against David Moyes’ Everton at Goodison Park. Late goals from Nico O’Reilly and Mateo Kovacic gave the Citizens the much-needed three points in their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League. The win saw City move into the top four as they currently sit fourth on 58 points ahead of the likes of Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa & Chelsea.

Tactical analysis and match report by Gaurav Krishnan.

It’s strange to think how the injury to Ballon d’Or winner Rodri completely derailed Manchester City’s season. The injury highlighted Guardiola’s over-reliance on his midfield stalwart but nobody could see this dip in results coming. However, despite their struggles, it seems as though City are turning a corner, and just in time.

With Guardiola dipping into the transfer market to revamp his squad, City’s new January recruits have also slowly begun to find their feet.

This was a tricky away game to manage for City with Everton resurgent under David Moyes. However, City were in control of the game for most parts, just unable to find the back of the net until Guardiola rang in the changes.

For David Moyes and Everton, this was a game they could’ve at least salvaged a point from. But City’s persistence eventually paid off despite some tenacious Everton defending. Perhaps the injury to Toffees captain James Tarkowski played its part in proceedings. Tarkowski’s replacement Michael Keane was suspect for City’s first goal of the evening.

But by and . . .