The 12 minutes of mayhem where Man City threw the title race away
Everton 3-3 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s side lost their nerve in an extraordinary second half that handed Arsenal the advantage despite Jeremy Doku’s late equaliser
Manchester City refused to accept defeat and yet, in the final reckoning, it may be the game that means they are beaten. It was the 97th minute when Jeremy Doku curled in his second spectacular goal of an extraordinary evening. City still have not lost in the Premier League since January, but it might have been the night the title slipped from their grasp.
“It was in our hands and now it is not,” said Pep Guardiola . The winners were not Everton , though they were seconds away from their biggest scalp at Hill Dickinson, but an old Evertonian. If Mikel Arteta makes Arsenal champions, his debt to David Moyes and Everton will be still greater.
It is definitively advantage Arsenal in the title race after a stunning spell and a City collapse. Even their subsequent comeback, with two late goals, only reduced the damage done in the second half on Merseyside. “It is better than no points,” added Guardiola.
But two goals in four minutes and three in 12 mean City need favours from West Ham, Burnley or Crystal Palace, Arsenal’s last three opponents. Their destiny is out of their hands now. When this seemed it would be a comfortable, professional win, it turned into an anarchic draw.
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