(Football news) Contrary to expectations, Jack Harrison gave the Toffees the lead in the 29th minute of play. However, Phil Foden tied the score in the 53rd, and the defending English champions would go on to win all three points thanks to a late effort from Bernardo Silva and a penalty kick from Julian Alvarez 11 minutes later.

The last time Manchester City played in the Premier League was a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on December 16. Prior to that, they participated in the Club World Cup, where they defeated Fluminense 4-0 to win the championship.

Due to their absence from domestic affairs, the team dropped to fifth place in the standings, eight points behind leaders Liverpool. However, with a game remaining, they have moved back to fourth place, five points behind Klopp’s squad.

Everton, on the other hand, is still in 17th place after winning 16 of their first 19 games. They are only one point ahead of Luton Town, who are in 18th place and have a game coming up.

The English champions were devoid of Erling Haaland once more, as head coach Pep Guardiola of the Citizens announced before the game that the Norway international—who has scored 19 goals this season across all competitions—would not be returning until at least January.

The Toffees’ goalkeeper, Jordan Pickford, made an outstanding save to deny Manchester City a wonderful opportunity to take the lead in the fourth minute of play at Goodison Park after a well-executed move that saw Jack Grealish feed Alvarez in a dangerous position.

The away team got off to a quicker start in the 12th minute when Foden missed the target from a dangerous area. Four minutes later, Kyle Walker shot from distance for the Citizens, but his effort was diverted just wide of the post.

Manchester City had two more excellent opportunities in the fourteenth minute, but Everton’s goalkeeper was able to keep out a shot from Matheus Nunes and then deflect Alvarez’s attempt wide from the rebound, tying the game.

Manchester City was applying all of the pressure, but Everton astonishingly seized the lead in the 27th minute when Pickford was called upon once more in the 24th minute to stop a strike from Grealish.

Harrison was there to finish into the back of the net to stun the English champions after Rodri made a mistake inside his own box, allowing Dwight McNeil to deliver into a dangerous area.

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