Aston Villa vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight after Leon Bailey earns draw
Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City: Leon Bailey responded after Erling Haaland’s opener to deny the champions
Another goal from Erling Haaland wasn’t enough for Manchester City this time as Leon Bailey’s second-half equalizer salvaged a 1-1 draw for Aston Villa against the defending champion in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Haaland took his tally to 10 goals from six games by volleying in a cross from Kevin de Bruyne in the 50th minute but then missed two chances to score a second before Villa struck back.
Bailey met a low cross from Jacob Ramsey and hammered a first-time shot high into the net in the 74th to rescue a valuable point for Villa, whose manager Steven Gerrard was under heavy pressure after three straight league losses.
For City, it’s a second draw to go with four wins in the opening six games, leaving it tied for second place with Tottenham on points. Leader Arsenal has a chance to go four points clear on Sunday if it can maintain its perfect record when it travels to Manchester United.
Pep Guardiola’s City has made a habit of going two goals down before rallying, but this time it was their turn to relinquish the lead.
Haaland had been quiet in the first half but showed his predatory instincts when he came flying in at the far post to meet a pinpoint cross from De Bruyne, jumping high to side-foot the ball in.
The towering Norway striker forced two good saves from Emiliano Martinez as City pushed for a second goal.
That left the visitors open to counterattacks, though, and Ramsey had already squandered one such opportunity with a heavy touch by the time he set up Bailey for the equalizer.
Midfielder Rodri came closest to a winner for City when his shot from outside the area crept narrowly wide in the 87th.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
83 mins: Dwight McNeil replaces Anthony Gordon for Everton. It’s the home side who are pushing at the minute. They’re probing down the right side before switching the ball over to Iwobi on the left.
Liverpool can’t get on the ball. Maupay and McNeil combine to get into the box and McNeil curls one at goal. Alisson leaps up and tips it over the crossbar!
Good save.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
80 mins: Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott are hooked off by Jurgen Klopp with Diogo Jota and Joel Matip brought on. That means there are changes in position for Joe Gomez who moves to right back and James Milner who is brought into midfield.
10 minutes to go, will there be a winning goal?
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
77 mins: Van Dijk is given a yellow card and Everton win a free kick. Demarai Gray puts it into the box and Fabinho heads it away. Tarkowski stays up the pitch and wins a corner off Milner as Everton whip the ball back in.
The corner comes in from Gray but Fabinho is up there to head it clear.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
74 mins: Everton sense that Liverpool are there for the taking. James Miner looks uncharacteristically shaky at right-back and there are spaces in and around the Reds’ final third.
A Liverpool counter-attack almost pays off but Diaz’s final ball to slip Andy Robertson into the area is poor and Patterson intercepts.
NO GOAL! Everton 0-0 Liverpool
71 mins: Disallowed goal! It’s an extremely close call but Coady is judged to have just been offside as Maupay slid the ball into the six-yard box.
It’s a matter of inches but the goal is chalked off.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Liverpool (Coady, 69’)⚽️
69 mins: Conor Coady scores for Everton! Demarai Gray swings a cross in from the right wing and finds Neal Maupay on the opposite side of the penalty area.
Maupay drives the ball across the face of goal as James Milner lunges in for a tackle. Coady is wide open and taps the ball into the back of the net.
But, is he offside? VAR is going to check.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
66 mins: Chance! Oh Everton should be in front. After Pickford’s heroics they fly up the pitch on the counter-attack and Neal Maupay is played in on goal.
He’s just got Alisson to beat but goes for power and blasts it at the Liverpool goalkeeper who keeps it out with a body block.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
65 mins: Save! An Everton corner is cleared by Van Dijk and Liverpool drive up the pitch. Milner whips a long ball across to Diaz who guides it into the box for Nunez.
Nunez drops it down to Firmino who shoots and forces Pickford into a sharp save to his right.
Pickford is called into action again from the corner as Firmino has another effort guided towards the bottom corner. The Everton goalkeeper keeps it out but Van Dijk recycles the ball.
He flicks it to Diaz who lays a pass off to Fabinho. Fabinho turns a shot towards goal but Pickford is well positioned to turn it away once more!
Brilliant goalkeeping from the Everton man.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
62 mins: Idrissa Gana Gueye returns for Everton. He’s a popular figure at Goodison Park thanks to his previous stint at the club and Frank Lampard brings him on with just under 30 minutes of this derby to go. Tom Davies is the man replaced.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
59 mins: Patterson puts the ball behind for a Liverpool corner that Tsimikas curls in toward Van Dijk. He wins the header but knocks it straight out of play.
Jurgen Klopp decides to make a double change now. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tsimikas are both taken off with James Milner and Andy Robertson brought on.
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