Premier League Roundup: Man City drops more points after draw with Everton

MANCHESTER, England — Erling Haaland’s penalty miss price Manchester Metropolis because the four-time defending Premier League champion dropped extra factors in a 1-1 draw with Everton on Thursday. 

Haaland had the possibility to fireplace Metropolis on target for less than its second win in 13 video games when stepping up for a 53rd-minute spot kick on the Etihad Stadium. However his tame effort was saved by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to increase Metropolis’s woeful run. 

Pep Guardiola’s workforce has misplaced 9 of its final 13 video games in all competitions. The draw means Metropolis picked up solely its fifth level within the league for the reason that finish of October. 

Metropolis is seventh within the standings and 11 factors behind chief Liverpool, having performed two video games extra. Liverpool has the possibility to increase its lead over the champion when it performs Leicester later Thursday.

Second-place Chelsea additionally dropped factors after a 2-1 loss at dwelling to Fulham, and Nottingham Forest gained 1-0 towards Tottenham to go as much as third.

Newcastle is fifth after a 3-0 win towards Aston Villa. Sixth-place Bournemouth drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace. West Ham gained 1-0 at last-place Southampton. 

Metropolis went forward by Bernardo Silva’s deflected shot within the 14th, however Iliman Ndiaye leveled the rating within the thirty sixth. 

Haaland’s missed penalty means the Norway worldwide has solely scored as soon as in his final seven video games. He headed in from the rebound, however the objective was dominated out for offside. 

Haaland, who final week admitted his type had not been adequate throughout a run that has seen Metropolis’s season unravel, held his head in his arms after his failure to attain from the spot. He nonetheless has 18 objectives in 25 appearances this season, however has not scored in a win for his membership for the reason that 1-0 victory towards Southampton on Oct. 26. 

“We shoot loads within the 18-yard field, however sadly we couldn’t get the outcomes that we needed,” Guardiola mentioned afterward. 

Metropolis’s damaging run has seen it slip down the standings within the league and crash out of the English League Cup. Additionally it is in peril of lacking out on the playoffs for the spherical of 16 within the Champions League — sitting only one level above the minimize off level with two video games to play.