Manchester City ended the year 2022 on a frustrating note as their pursuit of league leaders Arsenal suffered a great setback.
Although Erling Haaland scored his 21st English Premier League goal of the season, his team could only manage a draw at the Etihad stadium against the struggling Everton side.
Frank Lampard’s team belied their position near the bottom to dig out a point with a spectacular equaliser from Demarai Gray and they held on through 11 minutes of injury-time caused by a series of delays.
In a game of seven bookings, Haaland was perhaps fortunate to stay on the pitch, having been cautioned for a lunge on Vitaliy Mykolenko and then catching James Tarkowski with a flailing arm.
Aware of the threat he posed, Everton defense line closely watched Haaland and denied him of plenty space in the game.
However, the Norwegian still managed to score in the game but his goal wasn’t enough to grab three point for the Citizens.
The result meant that the blue side of Manchester have suffered a set back in the pursuit of league leaders Arsenal who will be looking to extend its lead later today against Brighthon.