Everton vs Manchester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Goodison Park
Follow live coverage as Everton face Manchester City today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Everton vs Manchester City
It took them a while to get going but Pep Guardiola's side were clinical in the last 15 minutes as goals from O'Reilly and Kovacic hand them what might be a crucial win in the race for Champions League, especially given that fellow rivals Aston Villa and Newcastle go head to head in the late kick-off. O'Reilly was exceptional at both ends of the pitch today and in the 84th minute, took his goal like a striker, ghosting into the six-yard box to tap home Nunes' cross. Substitute Kovacic then put the game to bed in injury time, sliding a Gundogan set-back into the bottom corner to score his second goal in consecutive games. They are now undefeated in five league games and host Villa at the Etihad on Tuesday evening. Moyes will have been pleased with his Everton’s performance for the first 75 minutes, as they defended diligently and could have had a couple of goals of their own, first a Tarkowski header against the post and then a goal-bound Doucoure effort that was blocked by Gvardiol. Ultimately though, they did not create enough only creating 0.93xG compared to City’s 2.09. Everton now have a week’s break before they travel to Chelsea in next weekend’s early kick-off. That’s all for today, thank you for following this live coverage and see you next time!
Everton vs Manchester City
This is now Kovacic's best scoring Premier League season. That's his sixth of the campaign and second in the last two games.
Everton vs Manchester City
HUGE MOMENT! Marmoush has had a quiet afternoon but he gets the wrong side of Keane who cannot deal with a bouncing ball. The Egyptian gets his finish all wrong though as he can only nudge it into the onrushing Pickford.
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