The defeat away to Norwich City, 3-2, two weeks ago had allowed Liverpool, their closest domestic rivals to open a gap at the top of the table.
To date, Liverpool had a 100 per cent domestic record and the City players and coaching staff will have already seen them overcome a stubborn Sheffield United side earlier in the day, their 1-0 win coming thanks to a calamitous goalkeeping mistake.
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It can be easy for matches of this type to become overblown, especially by the media, but the reality is that small margins can make huge differences at the elite level of football. Look at last season as a prime example as City won the Premier League title by a single point from Liverpool.
The intrigue surrounding the match was only enhanced by the fact that City’s opponents would be Liverpool’s city rivals, Everton.
So far this season Everton coach Marco Silva has come in for a lot of criticism from Everton fans. This was down to not only results but the general way that the team was playing with Silva having an apparent reliance on the Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson in the No.10 role.
As a part of the 4-2-3-1 system preferred by Silva, we see Sigurdsson consistently slow down the attacking transition and create problems for Everton when progressing the ball.