Manchester City lost their first Premier League defeat of the season with a 1-1 draw at Everton on Monday night at Al Ittihad Stadium at the end of the second round.
Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney scored Everton's goal (35th), before substitute Rahim Sterling equalized for Citi (82nd). The team had played with 10 men since 44 minutes after Kyle Walker was sent off.
Everton and Manchester City have climbed to four points from two games each, having won first on Stoke City 1-0 and second on Brighton 2-0 in the first round.
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Manchester City's Pep Guardiola took the form of a 3-5-2, and made a solitary change to the squad that defeated Brighton last week. Leroy Sani was involved as Danino's left back, and Sergio Aguero, along with Brazilian forward Jesus, Play David Silva and Kevin De Bruin.
On the other hand, the Everton coach made two changes to his squad, which beat Stoke City 1-0 in the first round, resorting to a 3-4-3 play. Tom Davis, Holgate included injured Sandro Ramirez and Davy Klassen, Ashley Williams, Phil Gagelka and Michael Kane.
Manchester City's Everton defender Jensen Beckmann was stunned by a powerful shot by goalkeeper Jordon Beckford, who was struck by a cross from the right and a weak ball by the far post.
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The first serious opportunity in the game came in the 26th minute by Aguero, who reached the ball into the penalty area to lift it from above Beckford, before Gajilka took it from the line.
Everton's defense succeeded in implementing the individual control plan for City's attacking keys, and another captain, Jagelka Meri, was able to keep Aguero from paying off after a pass from De Bruins.
City opened the scoring in the 34th minute when Silva received a long shot inside the box to pay for the near post. The attack turned into Everton when the rider Calvert Loewne got the ball on the right, before sending a screech to Rooney who fired it from the first touch in the net after Ederson failed to deal with her in the 35th minute.
Manchester City tried to equalize before the break and Jesús put the keeper in the 10 yards, before Kyle Walker got his second yellow card in the 44th minute after a foul on Calvert Loewen.
The first quarter of the second half went slowly, although Guardiola was joined by the active wing Rahim Sterling, and Everton made two changes at the same time, involving Klaasen and the new Icelandic star Gilfy Sigurdson as Ashley Williams and Tom Davis.
The right-hand side of Citi was very active, after Danilo took the place of John Stones, before Guardiola made his last switch by involving Bernardo Silva in Sani.
City scored in the last 20 minutes, and struck Sterling 25 yards above the crossbar, and the player lost himself an easy ball when he failed to invest the Aguero ball to roll into the stands 10 yards away. Then came the turn on Danilo, who swung from the right and shot a low ball Beckford In the distance of 77 minutes.
The home side's pressure kept the equalizer in the 82nd minute, when Danilo lifted a cross from the right, and Holgate tried to get him to head to Sterling, who went straight to the left of Beckford, who did not move.
Everton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin received the second yellow card in the 82nd minute after a backstroke against Aguero.
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