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GOAL! Everton 2-1 Manchester City (O'Brien 73)
They’re dancing in north London!
72 min: Ndiaye twists and turns inside the City area after winning the ball of Khusanov … but Guéhi slides in at the last minute to deny the Everton man a shot. The hosts have a corner.
Marc Guéhi plays a dreadful, loose backpass to Donnarumma and Barry takes over to slot in a simple finish. It’s initially ruled as offside and certainly appears so … but there’s a check: with Guéhi firmly in control of the ball Barry is back on. And City are suddenly in a bit of trouble.
GOAL! Everton 1-1 Manchester City (Barry 69)
Oh my word.
65 min: What a save. City make a mess with defending a long ball, and Ndiaye, running through the left channel, is one-on-one with Donnarumma. But the finish is poor and the Italian is too big, too good, anticipating the hit low to his left and keeping it out.
64 min: Beto is off, Barry’s on for Everton.
63 min: City knock it back and forth before Semenyo tries to burst down the right … Mykolenko manages to keep up and win a goalkick.
61 min: Donnarumma is alive at his near post to punch away a corner. Everton have found a bit of energy in the last couple of minutes.
60 min: Garner outmuscles Cherki and Everton counter … Ndiaye sends in a low shot but Donnarumma is down to his right to save.
59 min: González pulls off a neat turn in midfield to get City moving.
58 min: Khusanov and Dewsbury-Hall have a little tussle, the defender winning out.
57 min: We’re still waiting for some thrills in this half.
53 min: Tarkowski gets himself a yellow as City win a free-kick on the left – it’s worked short to Doku, who fires in a teasing cross .. that doesn’t meet anyone.
52 min: Dewsbury-Hall swings his left foot from outside the area … Donnarumma doesn’t need to act.
52 min: Semenyo seems OK to continue as play resumes.
50 min: Semenyo is getting checked out by the docs after going down.
49 min: Beto gets a yellow for needlessly taking down Guéhi.
48 min: Beto turn and shoots, but Guéhi doesn’t give him any room, there for the block. The forward was offside regardless.
46 min: And we’re back. Cherki is quick to win City a corner before Silva shoots from range … it leads to a bit of pinball inside the area.
Justin Kavanagh writes in:
Shades of Liam Brady in that educated left foot strike of Doku, except it was hit with the inside of the boot. A thing of real beauty.
As it stands:
HALF-TIME: Everton 0-1 Manchester City
City were dominating the ball but struggling to test Pickford. Then came Doku’s delicious curler.
45+1 min: It stays as a yellow for Keane.
45 min: Keane flies into Doku with a sliding challenge and the winger is in serious pain. The yellow card is out but VAR is having a look …
Cherki plays the ball to Doku, who is waiting at the edge of the area. There’s a touch to settle the ball before he gets into position, curling into the top left corner, Pickford’s dive futile.
GOAL! Everton 0-1 Manchester City (Doku 43)
Everton are hassling away … but here comes Doku. That’s a gorgeous hit.
41 min: Garner cleans up at the back for Everton.
39 min: Doku plays the ball into the middle for Cherki … his first-time hit doesn’t come close to testing Pickford.
38 min: Röhl has looked lively for Everton and wins the ball in midfield, but the hosts can’t turn it into something substantial.
37 min: Nunes drives down the right and wins City a corner … Silva whips it into the mixer and Pickford slaps it away as if he’s being attacked by a bee.
34 min: Tarkowski and Khusanov square up before City venture forward … but Doku has a shot blocked as Everton form a solid wall.
32 min: City have gone quiet going forward … and here comes Röhl down the right for Everton, in space. He plays across goal, with Beto arriving for the tap-in … but Donnarumma gets a hand to deflect it. The biggest chance we’ve had so far.
31 min: Ndiaye wiggles away on the left for Everton but he doesn’t have much support as City shirts surround him.
