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Man City manager Pep Guardiola (left) reacts. – REUTERSPIC

Champi o ns unravelling Advantage Arsenal as City held in six-goal Everton thriller but Guardiola insists title hopes intact P EP GUARDIOLA promised his prove pivotal. Where a defeat would have felt ter minal in the title race, a point means Arsenal must win their remaining three fixtures to be certain of healthier about it. “Getting one keeps me still dream ing there’s a chance, but I’ve talked too much about it all season so I’m fed up talking about it now.” ance. The first 15 minutes was not good enough. That set the tone,” McFarlane said.

point, but it (would be) better to win the game that we needed,” Guardiola said. “I know it was in our hands and in Arsenal’s hands as well, it depended on goal (difference). Now it’s not, but we have a responsibility. We play Brentford on Saturday and we continue and we will see what happens. “Better effort cannot be possible. The message is the same as the day before. We have four games left and a final – win the games. That is the mes sage. We play for that, even with diffi culties for many reasons.” While the focus was inevitably on the points dropped by City, this draw could be hugely damaging to Everton too, leaving them four points rather than two adrift of sixth-placed Bournemouth.

Manchester City side will keep fighting in the Premier League title race against Arsenal after dropping two critical points in a dra matic 3-3 draw at Everton yester day. Jeremy Doku gave City a first half lead, but Everton stunned the Carabao Cup winners with three goals in 14 minutes, sub stitute Thierno Barry scoring a double either side of a Jake O’Brien header as the hosts capitalised on uncharacteristic errors from the visitors. But after Erling Haaland quickly pulled one back, Doku curled in an outstanding strike with virtually the last kick of the game to give City a point

“It’s hard to say why. I’d probably like to review the game to look at such a stark contract to the way we defended against Leeds last weekend. “Enzo Fernandez hits the post and Cole Palmer misses the penalty; when you have such a bad start you need those kind of moments to go in your favour and unfortunately they didn’t. “It’s massively disappointing. We know we are a lot better than what we showed. I don’t think we ever got to our level.” After constant speculation that Chelsea’s stars were not invested in the team during Liam Rosenior’s brief reign, McFarlane claimed his side remain committed to the cause. “I wouldn’t say that. I don’t think we lacked effort and commitment,” he said. “We believe we will we see the lads every day and they are doing every thing they can. We need to move on quickly and it’s about responding now. “I’ve said it before but we just need to improve on this performance and be ready for another game in five days.” Adding to Chelsea’s woes, teenage winger Jesse Derry was stretchered off on his first start after suffering a head injury while winning the penalty that Palmer missed. “The update is that he is in a good condition. I need to fully speak to the medical team but it’s positive signs,” McFarlane said of Derry. – The Independent/AFP

It was the third consecutive game in which Everton have conceded a result changing goal in stoppage time after back-to-back defeats against Liverpool and West Ham. “That was disappointing, but it was a brilliant finish by Doku, you have to give him credit for that,” Moyes added. “It was a much better performance in the second half. It was probably the worst we have played in the first half against any of the top teams, but that could easily have been down to the quality and the levels of Manchester City.” At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane insisted his players were fully committed in their dismal 3-1 defeat against Nottingham Forest on Monday. The Blues’ hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are hanging by a slender thread following the chasten ing loss. Languishing in ninth place, Chelsea’s wretched run has left them on the verge of failing to reach next sea son’s Champions League. Chelsea, who will face Manchester City in the FA Cup final on May 16, have lost six consecutive league games for the first time since 1993. “A really disap pointing result and perform Che City in h

being crowned champi ons if City can take maximum points from their own games. “It’s better the point than n o

“It will be tough for us to make Europe I think at the moment,” Moyes said. “Three points tonight

at least. They are five behind Arsenal but still have a game in hand. “We need to win our games,” Guardiola said. “Now it is not in our hands. “If they win their games the title will be for Arsenal. Now have to win our next game, we have to recover well for a series of games, and this is what we have to do.” City chose a terrible

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Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White (left) in action with Chelsea’s keeper Robert Sanchez during the English Premier League match at Stamford Bridge yesterday. – REUTERSPIC

time to end an eight match winning run away to Everton, but Doku’s late intervention could

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