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Pep
Guardiola’s
side
strolled
to
a
2-0
victory
over
Manchester
United
two
weeks
ago
and
were
just
as
comfortable
in
Sunday’s
contest
at
the
Etihad
Stadium.

Raheem
Sterling,
making
his
300th
appearance
in
the
English
top
flight,
linked
up
with
Joao
Cancelo
to
fire
City
ahead
after
earlier
having
a
penalty
awarded
and
overruled.

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Rodri
scored
an
equally
impressive
goal
from
long
range
and
Bernardo
Silva
then
capped
a
win
that
moves
City,
who
handed
a
full
league
debut
to
Cole
Palmer,
above
Liverpool
and
within
three
points
of
leaders
Chelsea.

Ilkay
Gundogan
looped
a
header
on
top
of
the
crossbar
after
Jordan
Pickford
kept
out
Silva
in
a
one-sided
first
half
that
saw
Demarai
Gray
limp
off
for
injury-hit
Everton.

City
were
awarded
a
penalty
for
Michael
Keane’s
apparent
challenge
on
Sterling,
but
referee
Stuart
Atwell
overturned
the
decision
after
a
lengthy
wait
due
to
a
lack
of
contact.

But
the
home
side
made
the
breakthrough
on
the
brink
of
half-time
thanks
to
Sterling’s
first-time
finish
after
being
picked
out
by
a
sublime
outside-of-the-boot
pass
from
Cancelo.

Rodri
gave
City
some
breathing
space
with
a
rocket
drive
from
25
yards
that
flew
past
Pickford
into
the
top-left
corner
with
55
minutes
played.

Guardiola’s
men
were
beaten
2-0
by
Crystal
Palace
in
their
most
recent
home
league
match,
but
they
made
certain
of
a
fourth
top-flight
win
in
five
games
through
a
simple
finish
for
Silva
late
on.

What
does
it
mean?
City
ease
past
out-of-form
Toffees

The
pressure
was
on
City
to
pick
up
a
victory
against
the
Toffees
following
wins
for
Liverpool
and
leaders
Chelsea
on
Saturday.

From
the
moment
Sterling
deservedly
opened
the
scoring
for
the
Citizens,
an
eighth
successive
league
win
against
Everton
–
scoring
24
times
in
that
run
–
was
never
in
doubt.

Rafael
Benitez’s
side
are
now
without
a
victory
in
six
Premier
League
matches,
making
this
their
longest
winless
run
since
January
2018
and
heaping
pressure
on
the
Spaniard.

Sterling
stars
on
landmark
appearance

At
26
years
and
348
days,
Sterling
became
the
fourth-youngest
player
to
make
300
Premier
League
appearances
and
marked
the
occasion
with
a
superbly
taken
half-volley.

Cancelo
deserves
credit
for
his
assist,
which
was
his
sixth
of
the
season
in
18
outings
–
as
many
as
he
produced
in
his
first
two
seasons
with
the
club
combined.

4
–
All
four
of
Rodri’s
open
play
goals
in
the
Premier
League
have
been
strikes
from
outside
the
box;
he
only
scored
once
from
outside
the
area
in
LaLiga
before
joining
Man
City.
Belter.

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—
OptaJoe
(@OptaJoe)

November
21,
2021

Shot-shy
Everton
offer
little

City
may
be
in
good
form,
but
defeat
to
Palace
at
the
Etihad
Stadium
less
than
a
month
ago
is
proof
that
they
can
be
beaten
with
the
right
gameplan.

Whatever
tactics
Everton
deployed
here
did
not
work,
with
the
Toffees
registering
just
two
attempts
on
target,
neither
of
which
truly
troubled
Ederson.

What’s
next?

City
turn
focus
to
the
Champions
League
on
Wednesday,
with
a
point
required
at
home
to
Paris
Saint-Germain
to
guarantee
a
place
in
the
last
16.
Everton
travel
to
Brentford
in
their
next
Premier
League
outing
in
a
week’s
time.