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Manchester City were held to a draw by Everton in a feisty Premier League affair at Etihad Stadium.
Erling Haaland, notably incensed after an early exchange with Ben Godfrey which left the Norway striker requiring treatment, finished off a lovely move to open the scoring in the 24th minute.
Riyad Mahrez received the ball on the edge of the area and, after some nifty footwork to take it round defender Vitaliy Mykolenko, found Haaland, who finished sweetly past Jordan Pickford from the middle of the penalty area.
However, during a tumultuous second half Demarai Gray scored a stunning equaliser after Rodri gave the ball away.
City threw what they could at the visitors during 11 minutes of stoppage time, but Everton stifled their attempts to cap off the year with a win.
Second-placed City are four points behind leaders Arsenal, who play their game in hand against Brighton at 17:30 BST on Saturday.
Everton are 16th in the table, two points above the relegation zone.
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Manchester City
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Squad number8Player nameGündogan -
Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez -
Squad number47Player nameFoden
Everton
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Squad number1Player namePickford
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Squad number3Player namePatterson
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Squad number22Player nameGodfrey
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Squad number30Player nameCoady
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Squad number2Player nameTarkowski
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Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
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Squad number17Player nameIwobi
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Squad number8Player nameOnana
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Squad number27Player nameGueye
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Squad number11Player nameGray
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Squad number9Player nameCalvert-Lewin
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Squad number16Player nameDoucouré
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Squad number20Player nameMaupay
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Squad number23Player nameColeman
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Squad number26Player nameDavies
Line-ups
Man City
Formation 3-4-3
- 31Ederson
- 5Stones
- 25Akanji
- 6Aké
- 82LewisSubstituted forGündoganat 87′minutes
- 17De BruyneBooked at 30mins
- 16Rodri
- 20Bernardo SilvaBooked at 16minsSubstituted forÁlvarezat 87′minutes
- 26Mahrez
- 9HaalandBooked at 44mins
- 10GrealishSubstituted forFodenat 87′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Walker
- 4Phillips
- 7Cancelo
- 8Gündogan
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 21Gómez
- 47Foden
- 80Palmer
Everton
Formation 5-4-1
- 1Pickford
- 3PattersonBooked at 33minsSubstituted forColemanat 70′minutes
- 22GodfreySubstituted forDoucouréat 90+2′minutes
- 30Coady
- 2TarkowskiBooked at 45mins
- 19Mykolenko
- 17Iwobi
- 8OnanaBooked at 63mins
- 27GueyeSubstituted forDaviesat 78′minutes
- 11Gray
- 9Calvert-LewinSubstituted forMaupayat 70′minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 4Holgate
- 7McNeil
- 15Begovic
- 16Doucouré
- 20Maupay
- 23Coleman
- 26Davies
- 29Vinagre
- 60Price
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Attendance:
- 53,444
Live Text
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Match ends, Manchester City 1, Everton 1.
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Second Half ends, Manchester City 1, Everton 1.
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Attempt missed. Rodri (Manchester City) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
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Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton).
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Séamus Coleman.
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Neal Maupay (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Nathan Aké (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Neal Maupay (Everton).
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Foul by John Stones (Manchester City).
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Neal Maupay (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Rodri (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
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Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
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Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Alex Iwobi.
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Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
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Substitution, Everton. Abdoulaye Doucouré replaces Ben Godfrey because of an injury.
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Foul by Manuel Akanji (Manchester City).
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Neal Maupay (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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