City stumble as Everton keeper shine

“Yeah, it was the worldwide break”, said the Spaniard.

Sergio Aguero was on the bench and in his place, twenty-year-old Iheanacho was given a starting role. Despite dominating possession for long spells, City struggled to create clear-cut chances. David Silva was tripped inside the box by Phil Jagielka to earn City the PK chance.

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Everton went ahead in the second half as Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenburg saved a penalty either side of Romelu Lukaku’s individual opener. It was the Belgian’s sixth league goal of the campaign. The Dutch goalkeeper also denied Sergio Aguero from the spot in the 70th minute, however, Nolito equalized for the home side two minutes later.

Manchester City: Bacary Sagna remains out of contention after picking up a hamstring injury while on global duty earlier this month, meanwhile Fabian Delph also looks unlikely to feature.

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“I am not frustrated with the team”, he said, after seeing his men pepper 18 shots on Everton’s goal.

“I hear a lot of times about the intensity in the Premier League when none of you have been in La Liga or the Bundesliga to know how intense it is”, he said.

“I’d like to compliment Everton as they defended very well”, he said.

“I love the players who have the personality to take the penalties”, he told reporters. Not every team will be able to score on every opportunity, it’s just common sense.

He said: “City can beat Barcelona”. Both teams are in Group C, with Barcelona sitting at the top of the table with six points in two matches, while City sit with four points.

If Messi is at his best, this could turn into a no-contest rather quickly.

Guardiola accepted his team were riding a tricky patch – not an ideal situation heading into a midweek Champions League assignment against his former side Barca.

The club travel to Anfield to face Jurgen Klopp’s in-form Liverpool on Monday and with our rivals dropping points there will be more pressure to close the gap.