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⚽ News, buildup and discussion before today’s action⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail YaraManchester City: Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola’s side were left nine points off Arsenal with a game in hand after a draw at West Ham.The City manager watched from the stands as his side failed to find a winner and he faces a tough task now: to go on a winning run that will trouble Mikel Arteta’s men. Jacob Steinberg was at the London Stadium:City were short of ideas before raising the tempo during a desperate finale. Erling Haaland’s aim was awry and although a defensive West Ham were limited to one shot, the problem for Pep Guardiola is the one that was allowed was the Konstantinos Mavropanos header that cancelled out a strange goal from Bernardo Silva and left Arsenal nine points clear in first place.With Gianluigi Donnarumma at fault for the equaliser, this was City again failing to take care of the details. After twice squandering the lead against Forest in their previous league game, a similar lapse at the London Stadium was a reminder that this is a long way from being one of the great Guardiola sides. Arsenal, of course, will still fear a trademark City comeback from here, not least because the hunters still have a game in hand. For all that Arsenal will fret until the job is done, though, Guardiola will know there will be a breathless sprint for the finish if his side continue to play with such a lack of identity, cohesion and belief.Everton had sent Pickford forward for an all-or-nothing corner but when Arsenal cleared and the ball was worked to Dowman, he took over. He got away from Vitalii Mykolenko but it was the feint inside and away from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall that took the breath. The Everton midfielder slumped to the turf and stayed there. He could see what was about to happen. Everybody could.Dowman motored across halfway and nobody was going to catch him. It was a run to glory, just him and the goal, Everton’s players fading into the background behind him. He might have shot but instead he kept running, all the way to the penalty spot before he rolled the ball home. Continue reading...