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Everton face Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, with both teams looking to close gaps at the top of the table, Guardiola’s men have fallen off the pace somewhat, with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham leapfrogging them with City seven points off the league leaders.
Everton come into the game looking to make up a huge nine point deficit on Manchester United, who face Liverpool later in the day.
It’s a big game for…
Pep Guardiola. A defeat here would open a can of worms for the Spaniard, not only would be lose ground in the title race, but might even fan the flames about his struggles in English football and might also allow Everton a foot in on the top four.
Weird stat…
Manchester City missed two penalties last time out against Everton, with Phil Jagielka and Maarten Stekelenburg conceding and saving them both, respectfully.
Remember when…
As mentioned above, the Dutch keeper somehow managed to absolve Phil Jagielka of giving away two penalties, by saving them both from De Bruyne and Aguero, helping Everton to claim a 1-1 draw.
Player to watch…
Raheem Sterling. Hugely troubling for the Everton backline in the reverse fixture, he has been involved in nine goals for the club, scoring five and assisting four.
Past three meetings…
Manchester City 1 (Nolito) Everton 1 (Lukaku) Etihad Stadium, October 2016.
Manchester City 3 (Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Aguero) Everton 1 (Barkley) Etihad Stadium, January 2016
Manchester City 0 Everton 0 Etihad Stadium, January 2016
Form guide…
Everton: WLWDWL
Manchester City: WWWLWW
Vital information…
Kick off time: 13:30
TV: Sky Sports 1
Odds…
Everton to win: 16/5
Manchester City to win: 17/20
Draw: 19/10
(Odds provided by BetVictor)
26 mins: PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL!
Inexplicable from Paul Pogba! The midfielder has struggled to keep Dejan Lovren under wraps at set-pieces, and now he has paid the ultimate price. A corner from the right was curled towards the Liverpool defender on the edge of the box, and as Pogba tried to challenge him, he turned his back on the cross, lifted his arms and handballed. Michael Oliver had no hesitation in pointing to the spot, and Liverpool have a penalty at the Stretford End.
27 mins: GOAL! MANCHESTER UNITED 0 LIVERPOOL 1:
James Milner makes no mistake! Right-footed, the left-back plants his spotkick wide of David de Gea's outstretched arm to give Liverpool the lead at Old Trafford.
31 mins: A clumsy challenge from Lovren on Martial brings the first yellow card of the match.
32 mins: Michael Oliver has his hands full at the moment. A Manchester United corner ends with Ander Herrera being fouled on the edge of the box by Divock Origi, but not before Adam Lallana had been pushed by Rojo and Jordan Henderson had been slung to the ground by the neck by Pogba. "His head's gone at the moment," suggest Gary Neville of United's record signing.
Oliver only noticed Origi's infringement and so Zlatan Ibrahimovic lines up a free-kick 20 yards from goal.
33 mins: Great save from Mignolet! The Liverpool stopper got down low to his right to push away Ibrahimovic's free-kick that powered its way through a wall that parted quicker than the hair of a 1990's full-back.
39 mins: United have been rattled by Liverpool forcing the lead, and the visitors are chasing a second. Origi nearly wrestles his way through, but fails to release the ball at the right time and then Lallana tries a curler, only to find it blocked at close range by Phil Jones.
41 mins: Another Manchester United chance! This time it's Mkhitaryan who finds himself through on goal after an error of judgement from Ragnar Klavan. The angle is against the Armenian, but he still manages to get a shot away. Mignolet is once again equal to the effort.
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