City’s rot continues!

Erling Haaland had a secondhalf penalty saved as Manchester Cityrsquos astonishing slump continued with a 11 draw against lowly Everton at the Etihad Stadium Winners of the last four Premier League titles the English champions have won just once in their last 13 games in all competitionsBernardo Silva put City in front early on before Iliman Ndiaye salvaged a point for the Toffees City climb to sixth but could end the day five points adrift of the top four A hardfought point for the visitors edges Everton five clear of the relegation zone in 15thCity boss Pep Guardiola conceded ahead of the game that his side are at risk of failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in 15 years The top four automatically qualify for Europersquos premier club competition but fifth is likely to be enough this season due to a strong start by English clubs in European competitionCity fail to hold on to leadNot for the first time in Cityrsquos miserable few months they failed to build on a promising start Josko Gvardiol headed a corner off the post inside the opening three minutesEverton had kept five clean sheets in their last six games but were breached after just 14 minutes Jeremy Doku fed Silva and his effort across goal deflected off Jarrad Branthwaite and looped beyond the helpless Jordan PickfordSilva wasted a glorious chance for the vital second goal when he attempted a tough finish with the outside of his left boot that flew past the post when he had just Pickford to beat Guardiola held his head in his hands as that opportunity slipped by and had even more reason to lament moments laterManuel Akanji sliced an attempted clearance into the path of Ndiaye who took one touch to control before unleashing a brilliant finish into the top corner for Evertonrsquos first away goal in over two months Pickford denied Savinhorsquos low effort and Mateo Kovacic fired just wide as City upped the tempo at the start of the second periodThere was another major swing in momentum just seven minutes after the restart Savinho was chopped down inside the area by Vitaliy Mykolenko who was lucky to avoid a second yellow cardHaaland had the chance to end his longest goal drought at the Etihad but his spotkick was that of a striker short in confidence as Pickford dived low to his right to make the save The giant Norwegian headed in after Gvardiol nodded the rebound across goal but was clearly offsideGoal droughtThe 24yearold has now scored just once his last seven matches It should have been even worse for Guardiolarsquos men as Everton spurned a huge chance to snatch all three points deep in stoppage time Jack Harrisonrsquos shot was blocked after the visitors failed to make the most of a four v two counterattackOther key resultsgtgt Chelsea 12 Fulhamgtgt Newcastle 30 Aston Villagtgt Nottingham 10 Tottenhamgtgt Bournemouth 00 PalaceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever