{"id":90611,"date":"2026-05-05T05:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/guardiola-says-premier-league-out-of-citys-hands-after-draw\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:58:45","slug":"guardiola-says-premier-league-out-of-citys-hands-after-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/guardiola-says-premier-league-out-of-citys-hands-after-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola says Premier League out of City&#8217;s hands after draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"byline-wrap\">\n<ul class=\"authors byline-authors\">\n<li class=\"single-author mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/lindop_beth.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Beth Lindop<span class=\"timestamp \">May 4, 2026, 06:27 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Based in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN&#8217;s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola praised his team&#8217;s determination after it snatched a dramatic 3-3 draw at Everton, but he knows his club faces an uphill battle in the Premier League title race.<\/p>\n<p>City are five points behind Arsenal with a game in hand.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;It depends. [The title] is not in our hands. Before that game it was, and Arsenal&#8217;s as well. But now, in our hands, no,&#8221; Guardiola said.<\/p>\n<p>City next play Brentford, who are in seventh place and still battling for a spot in European competition next season, at home Saturday before Arsenal travel to face West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have four games in the Premier League, next is Brentford, and it will be quite similar because the competitors are good, and we will see what happens,&#8221; Guardiola said. &#8220;Of course, [we go into those games with belief], like we came here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>City appeared to be in control when they entered halftime with a 1-0 lead, thanks to Jeremy Doku&#8217;s goal in the 43rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>Everton, though, answered with three goals in 14 minutes as substitute Thierno Barry scored in the 68th minute, Jake O&#8217;Brien converted a tiebreaking header in the 73rd minute and Barry upped the lead to 3-1 in 81st minute. Barry&#8217;s first goal was the result of a very poor back pass from City defender Marc Guehi.<\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland cut City&#8217;s deficit to 3-2 in the 83rd minute, and Doku curled in a superb stoppage-time equaliser to earn a point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really good performance. We played an outstanding first half. It was so difficult with their physicality,&#8221; Guardiola said on Sky Sports. &#8220;Second half, maybe we were not as much in control, and after we gave away the goal, they came back and made a proper English game, so aggressive in the duels. But in general, we made a really good performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0504%2Fr1653576_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0504%2Fr1653576_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0504%2Fr1653576_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0504%2Fr1653576_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Pep Guardiola, left, reacts on the sidelines during Manchester City&#8217;s draw with Everton in the Premier League.\u00a0<cite>Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The City boss added: &#8220;It is better than losing, [but of course, it is] better to win, and we played for that. It just shows what the team are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Everton boss David Moyes said at halftime he felt his players had some moments of poor defending, particularly during Haaland&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But at halftime, we would have taken this result because we were hugely outplayed in the first half,&#8221; Moyes said. &#8220;I wanted us to get more contact, closer to Manchester City. We couldn&#8217;t get near them. They played really well, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we weren&#8217;t anywhere near what we&#8217;ve done. It was probably the poorest we&#8217;ve played here, certainly against the better teams this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, the players made a great effort to get us in the game, and when we got to 3-1, we should be doing enough to see it out, but we didn&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Getting a point against City is not a bad result, but when you&#8217;re 3-1 up, you think you&#8217;re in with a great chance of winning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Information from PA was used in this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beth LindopMay 4, 2026, 06:27 PM ET Close Based in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN&#8217;s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL. 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