Everton 0-1 Manchester City Highlights: Manchester City – Man City get back to winning ways with a fluke victory over the hardworking Everton. Phil Foden’s late winning goal was an incredibly lucky one, but the champions will think they deserved it after a strong second-half performance. Everton did enough to earn a point and were harshly punished for one unfortunate error. They’ll think they could have had at least one penalty too but VAR chalked off their claims. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.
Everton 0-1 Manchester City Highlights: Manchester City beat Everton to extend their lead at the top to six points; VAR inconsistency continues as Everton were denied a clear penalty
Everton were denied a penalty after Rodri was deemed to have not deliberately handled the ball ❌ pic.twitter.com/XqpQ2uiRTb
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Everton 0-1 Manchester City Highlights: Manchester City beat Everton
Manchester City have re-established their six-point lead at the top of the table after a tense affair at Goodison Park. Both sides threatened in the early stages but clear cut chances were few and far between, with Kevin De Bruyne’s long range effort and Jonjoe Kenny’s shot into the side netting being as close as either came to scoring in the opening half an hour.
Richarlison then had the best chance of the game until that point, when the ball dropped to him after City had been unable to clear their lines, but the Toffees forward could only shoot straight at Ederson.
Into the second half and City began to find their feet, with Phil Foden and João Cancelo forcing Jordan Pickford into two stops in quick succession.
Everton 0-1 Manchester City Highlights: VAR inconsistency continues as Everton were denied a clear penalty
John Stones then drew another decent save from Pickford with an effort from range, before the Everton goalkeeper again came to the rescue to deny both De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva.
The breakthrough finally came in the 82nd minute, when a cross into the box deflected out of Michael Keane’s reach and into Foden’s path for a simple finish. Everton then appealed for a penalty when Rodri was accused of controlling the ball with his arm in the box but after a long VAR check, a penalty was not awarded.
City are now six points ahead at the top of the league, with Liverpool not in Premier League action this weekend due to the EFL Cup final. Everton, meanwhile, are 17th and just one point ahead of Burnley.
Everton 0-1 Manchester City Highlights: Manchester City beat Everton to extend their lead at the top to six points; VAR inconsistency continues as Everton were denied a clear penalty
