Man City's Late Goals at Goodison Ease Their Tension, Claim the Game

Published on 29-Sep-2019 by srijan213

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Man City's Late Goals at Goodison Ease Their Tension, Claim the Game

A casual glance at the Citizens' 1-3 victory over Everton might give the impression that this one was a walk in the park for the defending Premiership champions.

Which is to say that this is another example of not judging a book by its cover.

The Toffees were very much in the match until the closing segment, exposing City's defense on numerous occasions and forcing Ederson to extend himself frequently.

But he held down the fort until his forwards woke up.

 

City had to win in order to keep up chasing unblemished Liverpool and did so through goals from Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez, and Raheem Sterling. Dominic Calvert-Lewin tallied for the hosts.

Dudes took charge from the outset. Perhaps it was due to Everton still in shock at the City road kit, which resembled a tropic-flavored popsicle.

North American sports teams try to make a big deal about the few occasions when they wear special kits, but they've got nothing on football's fashionistas.

 

City had to wonder if it was gonna be a Norwich revisited kinda day when İlkay Gündoğan spurned a gaping goal for a pesky post, but they eventually grabbed the opener in the 24th minute.

That's when Mahrez found Kevin De Bruyne, who delivered a perfect cross to Gabriel Jesus, enabling him to head home past Jordan Pickford:

 

The Toffees ramped up the pressure after that, hitting the equalizer eight minutes later.

Alex Iwobi served Seamus Coleman, who lifted it over Ederson so Calvert-Lewin could nod it in on the line:

 

 

The game looked dangerous for the reigning champions as Ederson was avoiding defensive breakdown after defensive breakdown by stifling the Toffs.

Finally, in the 71st minute, Mahrez curled home a free-kick past Pickford, who should've done better:

 

After an industrious but frustrating afternoon, that had to be deflating for the homeboys.

The visitors wrapped it up in the 84th when Sterling capitalized on a rebound and smashed it into the crossbar. The carom bounced down over the line where VAR would ultimately confirm the goal:

 

With that, Everton's dry spell against City continues. Dudes are 1-4-8 over their last 13 clashes.

Meanwhile, Sterling's strike was his 100th goal in all club competitions. 77 were scored for the Citizens with the other 23 coming when he wore Liverpool's colors, which have a no time ever looked like a tropic-flavored popsicle.