Manchester City vs Everton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Frank Lampard really needs a result as the Toffees fight the drop, but Pep Guardiola’s side look unstoppable once more as they hunt another league title

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Over a season, a great goalscorer will prove more prolific than the scorer of a great goals. Over 90 minutes, however, the inevitable was cancelled out by the memorable. Erling Haaland got his seemingly mandatory strike, but Demarai Gray delivered a magnificent one. Manchester City encountered unexpected resistance and Frank Lampard grasped at a lifeline to end Everton’s losing run. This was only a draw but there is a case for anointing it his best result of the season, as well as perhaps his most needed.

Certainly it seemed the most improbable. Everton had not taken a point from their previous nine league games against City. A goal down, facing up to a fifth successive defeat in all competitions, their fears of relegation mounting, they did not muster a shot of any description until Gray sprang a surprise. What they lacked in quantity, however, they provided in quality.

We will bring you all the reaction and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

Manchester City vs Everton LIVE: Premier League updates

• City XI - Ederson, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish
• Everton XI - Pickford, Patterson, Coady, Tarkowski, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Gana, Onana, Iwobi, Gray, Calvert-Lewin
• Haaland puts City ahead with a first-time finish on 24'

Manchester City vs Everton

EVERTON STARTING XI (5-4-1): Jordan Pickford; Nathan Patterson, Ben Godfrey, Conor Coady, James Tarkowski, Vitalii Mykolenko; Alex Iwobi, Idrissa Gueye, Amadou Onana, Demarai Gray; Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

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MANCHESTER CITY SUBS: Kalvin Phillips, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Kyle Walker, Sergio Gomez, Ilkay Gundogan, Julian Alvarez, Stefan Ortega, Joao Cancelo.

31 December 2022 14:40

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MANCHESTER CITY STARTING XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Rico Lewis, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake; Kevin De Bruyne, Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva; Riyad Mahrez, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish.

31 December 2022 14:37

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Frank Lampard is starting to find himself under pressure, with his side sitting just one point above the relegation zone. The Toffees are winless in their last five in all competitions (D1 L4), losing the previous four on the bounce, including a last-minute 2-1 defeat to Wolves last time out. At the other end of the table, City have the chance to close the gap to Arsenal at the top of the Premier League to two points with a win here today. They've lost just one of their last nine games in all competitions (W7 D1), though that was their last home league match against Brentford when they were beaten 2-1 before the World Cup.

31 December 2022 14:33

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31 December 2022 14:33

Manchester City vs Everton

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League meeting between Manchester City and Everton at the Etihad Stadium!

31 December 2022 14:30

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