Advantage Arsenal: Everton Hold Manchester City In Six-Goal Thriller
Everton and Manchester City played out an exciting 3-3 draw in a dramatic Premier League clash on Monday night.
The result dealt a major blow to Manchester City’s hopes of retaining the Premier League title as they now trail leaders Arsenal by five points.
City controlled most of the first half and finally went ahead in the 43rd minute through Jeremy Doku. The winger fired a brilliant left-footed shot from outside the box past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Everton responded strongly in the second half after substitute Thierno Barry punished a costly mistake from Marc Guehi to level the score in the 68th minute.
Just five minutes later, the home side turned the match around when Jake O’Brien headed home from a corner delivered by James Garner.
Everton looked set for a famous victory in the 81st minute after Merlin Rohl set up Barry for an easy finish to make it 3-1.
However, City refused to give up. Erling Haaland quickly pulled one back after racing through the middle to score City’s second goal.
Deep into stoppage time, Doku struck again with another superb curling effort to complete the comeback and rescue a point for City.
The draw leaves Manchester City needing Arsenal to drop points in their final three league matches, while City still have four games left to play.
