After Pep Guardiola led the team to win the first Club World Cup trophy in team history, the Blues returned to the Premier League this week to usher in the 19th round of challenges, going away to face the Toffees Everton, who escaped the relegation zone, but only one point higher than third-to-last Luton, they will definitely want to get points at home, and Manchester City will also want to get a win, narrowing the gap with Arsenal, After the game started, Manchester City fell into a scoreless situation, and Everton relied on Harrison's goal to take an early lead, but in the second half, the Blue Moon Army began to erupt, Foden, Alvarez and Bernardo Silva scored three goals in a row to help Manchester City beat Everton 3-1!
Pep Guardiola, who led the team away in this campaign, followed the 4-2-3-1 system, Ederson continued to start for the Blues to guard the goal, Walker, Stones, Akanji and Ake formed a back four defensive system, Nunes and Rodri partnered in the back two, the midfield trio of Grealish, Foden and Bernardo Silva lined up, and the single striker was Alvarez.
With the referee's whistle, Manchester City completely suppressed Everton away from home, and in the 4th minute, Alvarez completed a shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, but was blocked by Pittford, and in the 14th minute, Nunes and Alvarez's two consecutive strikes were also bravely defused by the in-form Pittford.
After carrying the onslaught of the visitors, Everton took the lead in the 29th minute, Rodri and Bernardo Silva made consecutive mistakes, allowing the Toffees to steal in front of the field, and launched a direct attack, Harrison outflanked in front of the goal, received a cross from his teammates, and easily pushed the shot, and Everton, who was passive, took a 1-0 lead.
In the 33rd minute, Everton instigated another dangerous attack, after a corner kick from the left, the unmarked Harrison got a direct chance to kick up, but Ederson was focused enough to save the ball with one palm at the first time.
After returning to the field, the Blue Moon continued to besiege Everton, and equalized in the 53rd minute, Bernardo Silva took the ball on the right to attract the attention of the defense, and then made the ball back to the prince Foden at the edge of the penalty area, who directly blasted a world wave, the ball grazed the post and into the net, leaving Petford who made the save helpless, and the score also came to a 1-1 draw.
In the 62nd minute, Manchester City's bombardment made the Toffees pay the price, Onana handball in the penalty area, the referee gave the Blue Moon Army a penalty, and the little spider shot directly into the middle, helping the team break through Pittford's ten fingers again, 2-1 overtook the score.
Everton, who was unwilling to be reversed at home, obviously invested more troops in the offensive end in the following time, but Manchester City, which had strong control ability, did not give the Toffees a chance to equalize, and seized Pitford's mistake at the last moment, and Bernardo Silva scored a hanging shot, setting the score to 3-1, with this victory, Manchester City rose to fourth in the Premier League, with one less game, 5 points behind the leader Liverpool!