Manchester City end the festive period with nine points from their four games after a pair of Gabriel Jesus goals handed a first defeat with Everton to Carlo Ancelotti. The visitors held out until early in the second half but ultimately could not deny Pep Guardiola’s side who were as relentless in hunting the win as ever.
City’s sole reverse of the
Christmas programme came last Friday at Wolves in a result that, surely, killed any hopes of catching Liverpool. Instead, their FA Cup defence begins on Saturday, before next week’s EFL Cup semi-final encounter with
Manchester United ahead of February’s restart of the Champions League: all are competitions which City can now focus intently on.