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

Foden gets the better of Iwobi down the left and clips a cross into the crowded box. Coady clears it ahead of Alvarez before Everton win a free-kick to ease the pressure.

31 December 2022 16:51

Manchester City vs Everton

31 December 2022 16:49

Manchester City vs Everton

31 December 2022 16:49

Manchester City vs Everton

City are making their first changes as they continue to go for a late goal. Grealish is the first to go off, with Foden replacing him.

31 December 2022 16:48

Manchester City vs Everton

Substitution Rico Henry Lewis İlkay Gündoğan

31 December 2022 16:48

Manchester City vs Everton

Davies touches it out to Gray, who has space on the left and he fizzes a low cross into the six-yard box. Nobody is there for Everton though, and Ederson holds onto it.

31 December 2022 16:48

Manchester City vs Everton

Everton are trying to press high upfield, but City are moving it quickly as they search for a late winner. Silva checks back to lose Mykolenko down the right before curling in a cross, but it's too close to Pickford.

31 December 2022 16:47

Manchester City vs Everton

GOOD SAVE! De Bruyne scuffs his first effort, but his second is well hit and Godfrey blocks it. The ball pinballs around the box, causing chaos in Everton's area, and Pickford is forced into a good reflex save to deny Mahrez from close range.

31 December 2022 16:45

Manchester City vs Everton

31 December 2022 16:44

Manchester City vs Everton

31 December 2022 16:44