*Goals: Calvert-Lewin 33′ – Jesus 24′, Mahrez 71′, Sterling 84′.
Leader Liverpool’s victory in the earliest match of the round more or less puts Man City under pressure when they step onto Goodison Park, in the latest match on Saturday.
Everton is also not an easy opponent for Man City to pocket three points like the way they crushed Watford in the previous round.
Everton made Man City go through a really difficult 90 minutes at Goodison Park.
Statistics after the match showed that Everton held the ball only 37%, but was not too far behind Man City in other indicators.
Reality on the field also shows that Man City experienced the most difficult match among their victories since the beginning of the season.
Man City got into the game better and created the first opportunity at 44 seconds, with Mahrez’s dangerous shot from outside the 16m50 area, causing goalkeeper Pickford to struggle to push the ball.
Gabriel Jesus flew and headed the match to open the score.
In the previous round, after just 18 minutes, Man City scored five goals against Watford.
Everton did not flinch after losing, and even equalized 1-1 just nine minutes later, also with a flying header.
During the remainder of the first half and the first half of the second half, Everton played resiliently, standing firm under Man City’s pressure.
Mahrez scored a direct free kick.
However, Man City proved the difference in class, scoring two goals in 13 minutes in the second half of the second half.
Between these two goals, Man City was under great pressure when Everton rose strongly to find an equalizer.
Squad
Everton: Pickford – Coleman, Digne, Michael Keane, Mina, Schneiderlin (Davies 81), Delph, Sigurdsson, Walcott (Iwobi 7, Kean 74), Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison
Man City: Ederson – Otamendi, Walker, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, De Bruyne (Bernado 80), Rodri, Mahrez, Sterling (Silva 86), Gabriel Jesus (Aguero 66)
