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At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 27, the 27th round of the Premier League ushered in a match, and Premier League leader Manchester City challenged Everton. City topped the league table, winning 20 of their first 26 games. However, because Liverpool are in very hot form, they continue to win and narrow the gap with Manchester City, so that the title competition is suddenly suspenseful. City suffered a defeat in their last game, losing at home to Tottenham Tottenham, who is in charge of Conte, and conceding a crucial three points, which is a pity. Now City are coming to take on Everton on the road. The last nine meetings between the two sides have been won by Manchester City, and this time City's goal is to win the game.
Guardiola lined up in a 433 formation for the match. Edson served as the starting goalkeeper. Laporte, Stones, Díaz and Canselo are paired at 4 backs. Gundogan, Rodri Hernandez and De Bruyne make up the 3 midfield. The attacking combination of Sterling, Foden and Bernardo Silva joined forces. Jesus, Mahrez, Glalis, Zinchenko and Kyle Walker sit on the bench.
After the start of the game, both sides played not aggressively and were looking for the rhythm of the game. City quickly took advantage of possession and tried to create some chances. It's just that under Everton's defense, it's hard to find space. In the 17th minute, Foden sent a cross near the bottom line that was blocked out of the line. In the 29th minute, De Bruyne fired a low shot from the top of the penalty area and Pickford was attentive and quickly landed to save the ball. Two minutes later, Kenny's shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area was deflected. After that, Rishalisson got the perfect chance, but his shot was too right and Ederson confiscated the ball. At the end of the half, neither side was able to score. City had only five shots on goal in the first half, despite having 65 percent of the ball on goal, while Everton had four shots on goal.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 54th minute, Foden fired a powerful shot from the left side of the penalty area and Pickford saved the ball to defuse the situation. In the 64th minute, Stones pulled out his foot in front of the penalty area and fired a furious shot, and Pickford blocked the ball with both hands. Four minutes later, De Bruyne cut a low shot from inside the edge of the penalty area, which was still saved by Pickford. The subsequent re-shot was deflected by Pickford. Pickford is a true god! De Bruyne then fired a cross from the right and Foden's header went high over the top.
In the 81st minute, City finally scored. Foden's desperate situation broke out, and he seized the opportunity in front of the goal to easily score the ball! Manchester City players celebrated wildly. In the 84th minute, Rodri had a handball in the penalty area, but city escaped because the opponent was offside and did not award a penalty. In the end, Manchester City narrowly beat Everton 1-0 and scored the crucial 3 points. City reached a total of 66 points, six points ahead of Liverpool behind them.