Manchester City Ditahan Everton 1-1 di Laga Tandang
Naismith Rescues a Point as Manchester City Falter
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
London (B2B) - Kemenangan di depan mata Manchester City buyar ketika Everton mampu menyamakan kedudukan 1-1 di Goodison Park.
Manchester City mencetak gol lewat Fernandinho menit 74. Setelah itu dibalas oleh Naismith menit 78.
Tiga poin yang sudah di depan mata sirna dengan hasil imbang ini. City kembali membuat jarak dengan Chelsea yang dipertandingan lain menang melawan Newcastle. Kini City berada di poisis dua dengan 47 poin, sementara Chelsea 49 poin. Kemudian Everton di posis 12 dengan 22 poin.
Manchester City menguasai pertandingan, tetapi Everton juga membuat beberapa kesempatan yang merepotkan lini pertahanan pasukan biru langit itu. Menit 21 Nasri menyerang dari kanan dan mengumpani Silva yang kemudian bermain satu-dua dengan Jovetic. Tetapi tendangannya melebar.
Manchester City menguasai 64 persen pertandingan di babak pertama, tetapi Everton lebih dekat mencetak gol. Penyerang Toffees, Romelu Lukaku melepaskan tendangan dari sudut sempit yang diselamatkan Hart, sebelum bola diambil Coleman. Tetapi tendangannya melebar.
Menit 57 Everton kembali mendapat peluang lewat kerja sama Lukaku dan Barkley, tetapi bisa dihentikan Hart. Gol baru tercipta di pertandingan ini menit 74. Adalah Fernandinho yang membuat City memimpin 1-0 setelah melewati Coleman.
Everton tak tinggal diam karena empat menit kemudian, Naismith menyamakan kedudukan menjadi 1-1. Berawal dari umpan Baines yang disambut sundulan Naismith di kotak penalti, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
London (B2B) - Manchester City suffered a setback in the Premier League title race after being held to a 1-1 draw by a spirited Everton at Goodsion Park.
Fernandinho put them in front in the 74th minute but Steven Naismith's glancing header earned a deserved 1-1 draw for the hosts.
But the home side dug in, despite the odd scare, to end a run of four successive league defeats. City are unbeaten in 14, which includes nine wins and three draws, but with Chelsea winning against Newcastle the find themselves two points behind the outright leaders.
In truth neither side were in top form but that suited Everton more than the visitors. The tone was set for the first half in the third minute when John Stones delayed his pass back to Joel Robles, forcing the goalkeeper to kick hurriedly straight to Fernandinho - but the Brazilian was equally negligent as he passed to Jesus Navas in an offside position.
While Everton struggled with their decision-making, often hanging on to the ball too long despite all the talk of them wanting their play to be more direct, City were at least more incisive with their passing - although their best openings came from errors from the hosts. The Toffees have the worst record in the league for individual mistakes which have goals - 11 - and that showed no signs of lessening.
Phil Jagielka allowed Muhamed Besic's pass to bounce off him straight to David Silva, whose probing and movement was an isolated example of quality, but Navas fired wide. Stevan Jovetic failed to hit the target from three separate chances but it was only Besic's perfectly-judged last-ditch tackle which denied Silca a shooting opportunity after City counter-attacked from an Everton corner.
