Manchester City score late goals at Everton to boost Champions League chances.
Manchester City bid for a 15th successive season of Champions League football was bolstered by two late goals in a 2-0 win at Everton they barely deserved.
The game was meandering towards a draw, which would have made them vulnerable to Chelsea who play rivals Nottingham Forest on Monday, when 20-year-old Nico O’Reilly stabbed home in the 84th minute.
Substitute Mateo Kovacic doubled the lead in added time to open up a four-point cushion over their sixth-place Stamford Bridge chasers.
But a ninth successive – and final – win at Goodison Park look unlikely for so long as despite having much more to play for than their hosts. Whose survival had long secured, if not mathematically. They lack energy, desire and cohesion.
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was not fully extend until the 72nd minute. When he dived low to his right to stop a shot from Omar Marmoush, who should have scored. When a mistake by substitute Michael Keane presented him with a เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา one-on-one only for the England international to stick out an arm.
Then Keane, making his first appearance since early February after a hamstring injury to James Tarkowski, failed to track the run of O’Reilly for the opening goal and from there City found a confidence which had been lacking.