Bernardo Silva’s deflected goal from a tight angle on the left 14 minutes in handed City the breakthrough after a quick start from the hosts.
Iliman Ndiaye gave Everton the equaliser after firing a short past Stefan Ortega and into the top right corner.
Erling Haaland had the chance to put us back ahead early in the second period, but the Norwegian saw his penalty saved by Jordan Pickford.
City pushed for the winner throughout the second-half, but were held by the Toffees. Ortega showed his frustration at the result, but urged his teammates to build on from this afternoons positive performance.
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“When you see the game today how we played, how many chances we created it was really good compared to the last few weeks because from the start to the end we tried our best.
“We played well and I think if we could’ve scored before their equaliser, it would have give us more confidence, but the reality is we concede another goal.
“We played really well and created many chances, it was just the result.”
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