Everton fell to a late 2-0 defeat against Manchester City at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Manchester City felt they had two shouts for a penalty in the first half, first as a result of a Jack Harrison foul and the second a handball, but neither were entertained by the referee.
David Moyes was forced to bring James Tarkowski off the pitch soon into the second half due to a hamstring injury, although his side seemed to be continuing to cope with the threat of City.
However, in the 84th minute, the deadlock was broken when Nico O’Reily scored before the away side doubled their lead in added time, killing off the game.
Here, Goodison News has rated the performance of each player out of 10.
James Garner the standout for Everton
Jordan Pickford – 5
Jake O’Brien – 6
James Tarkowski (off for Michael Keane, 52′) – 7
Jarrad Branthwaite – 7
Vitaliy Mykolenko – 5
Idrissa Gana Gueye (off for Tim Iroegbunam, 79′) – 7
James Garner – 8
Jack Harrison (off for Dwight McNeil, 79′) – 5
Abdoulaye Doucoure – 6
Iliman Ndiaye (off for Carlos Alcaraz, 79′) – 6
Armando Broja (off for Beto, 64) – 4
Substitutions
Michael Keane (on for James Tarkowski, 52′) – 4
Beto (on for Armando Broja, 64′) – 5
Dwight McNeil (on for Jack Harrison, 79′) – N/A
Carlos Alcaraz (on for Iliman Ndiaye, 79′) – N/A
Tim Iroegbunam (on for Idrissa Gana Gueye, 79′) – N/A
