Sluggish Manchester City failed to get the win they needed and have left themselves with a lot to do to regain title
Bedlam here, utter bedlam – particularly the finish when Jérémy Doku’s 97th-minute right-foot curler grabbed Manchester City a 3-3 draw with Everton.
Yet, the bottom line is this: the result places one Arsenal hand on the Premier League trophy, and City no longer control whether the other hand will join it.
At the evening’s start the question was simple: would City refuse to blink, do what they had to, and defeat Everton and keep relentlessly chasing the Gunners? The answer was a resounding “no” as between the 68th and 81st minutes their challenge suffered the concussive blows of goals from Thierno Barry (twice) and Jake O’Brien, which had the red part of north London jigging with glee.
At kick-off, Guardiola’s side had 70 points to Arsenal’s 76, who had played two games more. Slip up here and the Catalan’s hopes of ending his (possible) swansong season at City with a seventh championship would be cast as a dream of the pipe variety.
