Manchester City v Everton: Premier League – live | first division

37 minutes: Harrison rolls McNeil into space on the left. McNeil delivers a low cross across the City box, but Calvert-Lewin can't connect. Everton Back right, Young crosses from a tight spot near the corner flag. Calvert-Lewin is unable to finish a header towards the near post, but the ball returns to Harrison, who hits a shot wide left and high from 12 yards. A difficult opportunity, but an opportunity nonetheless.

36 minutes: But for how long? Nunes almost got on the end of a speculative pass on the right, only to be denied by Pickford, blocking on the edge of his area.

35 minutes: Álvarez dribbles hard down the inside left channel and appears to have surpassed Godfrey. However, the defender continues to fight and, although he concedes a corner, he is also fouled. He blows the whistle and Everton get the free kick. A chance for a welcome respite.

33 minutes: … but City is beginning to set Everton back now. Doku once again looks very dangerous on the left flank. He makes it to the byline, but once again a game of pinball doesn't go City's way.

32 minutes: Foden shoots through a box full of people. Some trifle. Everton almost clear their lines.

31 minutes: The corner leads to nothing.

30 minutes: Harrison slides a pass inside right for Calvert-Lewin, but the striker can't get there in time and Ederson clears. City counterattack immediately, Foden slides Nunes into space on the right. Nunes, looking for Haaland in the center, wins a corner.

28 minutes: Then City go up the other end and Doku gains ground again on the left. His looping cross is too high for Haaland, who can only head it miles over the bar and wide.

27 minutes: Calvert-Lewin was previously manhandled by Dias, with the City defender getting his way. Now the boot is on the other foot, as the striker knocks his opponent to the ground, earning a free kick anyway. All a bit strange, but it was a good fight anyway. Everton Load the box, but McNeil's delivery from the set piece is not good.

25 minutes: Foden is fine and did not complain, it must be emphasized. The game restarts and Doku manages to advance down the left after leaving Godfrey in the dust. His low, fizzing cross is calmly intercepted by Branthwaite and then cleared by Tarkowski.

23 minutes: Foden chases a ball down the left only to be unceremoniously tackled by Tarkowski. That's straight out of the old school, and Foden rolls off the field and into a ditch. Tarkowski leaves satisfied.

21 minutes: Pep is agitated. He is in his technical zone, restless. He wants his players to go to a higher level.

19 minutes: Haaland turns into space and sends Álvarez down the left channel. Álvarez thinks about crossing for Foden at the far post, but instead tries a curler towards the top right corner. Blocked. Doku regains possession and tries again. That is also blocked.

17 minutes: City stroll through Everton's territory, but not with their usual enthusiasm. Everton They maintain their shape and are stagnant.

15 minutes: Stones and Akanji combine to gift possession to Harrison, who slides Calvert-Lewin through the middle. Calvert-Lewin has McNeil scampering across acres of space to the left of him, but instead tries to float a chip over Ederson. In truth, he is not well, and anyway he makes mistakes wildly. He passes on the opportunity to send McNeil into the box for free.

13 minutes: The game is taking a little while to heat up again after that break.

11 minutes: …but after a quick shake of the head to clear away the cobwebs, he's ready to continue.

10 minutes: Ederson sits down but looks a little dazed. He took a couple of hits to the face as Godfrey competed for the ball.

8 minutes: …and now Harrison slides a clever ball down the right inside channel to fire Godfrey into the box. Ederson comes out to claim, but just in time, and Godfrey is within his rights to slide and compete for the ball. The goalkeeper comes out worse involved in a mess and the coach enters.

7 minutes: Everton Suddenly he starts playing. Some nice triangles on the right, Harrison dictating terms. Then the ball passed to Mykolenko on the left. The eventual cross is too long for Calvert-Lewin in the middle, but it is a promising play from the visitors.

5 minutes: Stones gets a pass on the right to Nunes, who can't get past Branthwaite. The defender calmly takes the ball out of play.

3 minutes: Alvarez throws the corner into a crowded six-yard box. Pickford does very well to rise above everyone and hit clearly. But City immediately returns to Everton, Foden and Haaland exchange crisp passes down the right inside channel. They eventually got the ball out for a goal kick, but this is a confident start from City.

2 minutes: City are in the lead with quick intelligence. Foden explores the right a couple of times. There is still nothing to do, so the locals change and Doku wins the first corner of the afternoon on the left.

1 minute: An immediate hit to the head from McNeil and play stops. His own man Branthwaite is to blame there. Fortunately, he recovers quickly and is ready to continue.

City gets the ball rolling. “I think almost any result here is a result for Liverpool fans,” writes Grant Tennille. “Although, realistically, while there may be banana peels scattered in the middle of City's schedule, it doesn't look like this is one of them.”

The teams are out! city ​​of manchester they wear their historic sky blue, forcing Everton to wear second-choice orange with a faded blue pinstripe. Hi Jude, it's playing over the stadium speakers; Given City's excellent home record, perhaps the Rutles would be more appropriate? We'll leave in a minute.

Let's take a quick look at our pre-game mailbag, which is filled with correspondence from people appreciating our excellent efforts. “Bloody Guardian predicted lineups!” begins Dean Kinsella. “I just cut Doku from my fantasy team because 'he was going to be on the bench!' He will probably now get a hat-trick.”

Richard Hirst adds: “It's very kind of them to leave Fulham off the list of teams hoping Manchester City will do them a favour; However, it seems very wrong. On recent form and in the upcoming matches, we are definitely nervously looking over our territory (TM).”

Sean Dyche celebrates his 300th game as a player first division manager today, and talk to TNT. “I'm happy with that because it's difficult to get to the Premier League as a coach or manager anyway, so to have that longevity I'm happy with that…a lot of my staff have been with me…unfortunately I won't be there.” Being on the sidelines today, which is a shame, but that's the way it is… I'll be on the microphone, trying to communicate as best as I can… our away record has been good this season… our goalkeeping record to zero is good… They are a top team… but our mentality has been strong away from home, so we will try to put in a good performance and see where it takes us.”

Pep Guardiola speaks with TNT Sports. “We have a difficult schedule and we need to get the best out of the players who have returned from injury… we are pretty solid in terms of the way we play… we have to be careful… we have a lot of games… everyone They have to be involved… (the Premier League) is really good… there are proactive coaches… it's incredible… I'm one yellow card away from being suspended for two games… in modern football the referees are really protected!”

Manchester City make four changes to their starting eleven after the 3-1 win at Brentford. John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku replace Kyle Walker, Josko Gvardiol, Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva, all of whom drop to the bench.

Everton select the same XI that started the 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur this time last week. Amadou Onana returns from injury and is called up as a substitute.

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