Gritty Everton once again prove a thorn in Manchester City’s side

Manchester City 0 Everton 0: If Manchester City do go on to win at least dual domestic honours it won’t be for any lack of effort on Everton’s part.

A week earlier, Everton beat City 2-1 in the first leg of their Capital One League Cup and again last night they were a thorn in the side of Manuel Pellegrini’s side. Preventing City from scoring at home for the first time this season, they also stopped the 2014 champions from closing the gap on joint Premier League leaders Leicester and Arsenal, who were at least pegged back by Liverpool in a 3-3 draw, meaning it was not all bad news from Merseyside.

“We had chances to win this game in a clear way but for different reasons we couldn’t score and if you drop points here and the others win away it’s not a good game for us,” said Pellegrini before hearing the mixed news of Arsenal and Leicester’s results.