Guardiola has quickly discovered that winning Premier League games is not almost as easy as succeeding in Spain or Germany.
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On Sunday the English Premier League whipped up the battle between two cities and the first stage of the battle saw Everton host a Manchester City side looking to build on their impressive away win in the FA Cup last weekend.
Toure said: “When you see over the game it is hard to take because we were more unlucky than lucky – all the rebounds, the ball always missing when coming back to you”.
“We don’t have time in this business but he has to feel his manager and team mates will give him time to come back”. We did simple mistakes.
“But I don’t think we lack spirit”. He then played a one-two with teammate Ross Barkley, who put him through on goal, and Davies did the rest by delightfully chipped the ball over a despairing Claudio Bravo.
Had a mixed first half but blossomed after the restart as he got himself into risky positions on a more frequent basis.
In the same period City have lost twice on Merseyside to slip 10 points off league leaders Chelsea and two points outside the top four.
His confidence has taken a hit, which is inevitable, and it obviously does not help when you concede with the first shot you face in a game, which is what happened at Everton.
Whilst Davies is a box-to-box midfielder, Dowell is a more attack-minded player who can play out wide or as a No. 10, and whilst a loan move may be his best path to playing first-team football this season, he could be playing in the Everton side with Davies in the not-too-distant future.
There were a few moments where they played through the lines and in the first half they had some good chances.
There was still time for more as Lookman, sent on in the last minute, finished calmly after being played in in stoppage time. They stopped our run in terms of consecutive victories in the Premier League, but they didn’t stop our run of being unbeaten for a long time.
Reds boss Klopp praised his side despite being denied all three points in the closing stages. After that, at the end of the season, we’ll analyze how our level was, our performance, the coach, the players.
“The boys did really well”.
Every once in a while, a performance comes along that suspends – if only temporarily – the deep-rooted cynicism with which you view top-tier professional football. It was on the edge, it was quite hectic.
Moreover, his footwork has been criticised – most notably when he fluffed a clearance in City’s 4-0 Champions League defeat at the Nou Camp on October 19, gifted the ball to striker Luis Suarez, was forced to stop his goal-bound effort with his hands outside the box and was shown the red card.
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The 45-year-old reiterated his desire to succeed in the Premier League.
