The Portuguese Bernardo Silva scored and assisted this Wednesday in the comeback of Manchester City in Liverpool, on the field of Everton (3-1), a result that citizens competing for the fourth time in the English Football League, in the 19th round.
Returning to British soil after their success in the Club World Cup, Pep Guardiola’s team, still a long way from the brilliance shown in 2022/23, secured a valuable victory, leaving them five points behind provisional leaders Liverpool in fourth place , but with at least one point. game played.
With André Gomes’ first start in the Premier League this season, and with Beto also in the starting line-up, Everton took the lead through Harrison in the 29th minute, a result that lasted until the end of the match.
Even without the usual firepower, as Norwegian Haaland continues to recover from a foot injury, Manchester City turned the score around in the second half, with Bernardo Silva in great form, first assisting Foden in the 53rd minute, and then making the most of a foul from England international goalkeeper Pickford, in the 86th minute.
In the middle, in the 64th minute, the Argentinian Alvarez, world champion for his country in 2022, completed the turnaround by scoring a penalty.
Manchester City remain in the top group, two points behind third-place Aston Villa with one game remaining, and three points behind second-place Arsenal, who host West Ham at the end of the match on Thursday.
With a double from South Korea’s Hwang and three Portuguese internationals in the starting XI (José Sá, Toti Gomes and Nélson Semedo), Wolverhampton went to Brentford to beat Brentford 4-1 and climb to a comfortable 10th place, now 10 points away from the relegation zone.
On equal terms with the wolves is Chelsea, who returned to their victory in the Premier League with a late goal by Madueke, in the 88th minute, from a penalty, in the match against Crystal Palace (2-1).
Earlier, at Stamford Bridge, Ukrainian Mudryk had opened the scoring for the bluesat 13 minutes, but after the break, at 45+1, the Frenchman Olise restored parity.
Source: DN
