PEP GUARDIOLA DELIGHTED WITH MANCHESTER CITY VICTORY AT GOODISON PARK AS MANCHESTER CITY GOES TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester City are back over the Premier League after the title pendulum swung further to support them.
City have eaten up Liverpool's important lead in only four days to guarantee post position out of the blue since mid-December.
Their 6th success in their last seven group diversions closes Liverpool's 52-day remain in the No 1 spot and they are presently top choices to hold the title they won in record-breaking style last season.

Liveliness Guardiola's side have won 10 of their last 11 amusements to stay on track for a notable fourfold.

Aymeric Laporte made the achievement on the stroke of half-time by scoring his fourth objective of the period.

City may have had more and Ilkay Gundogan hit the bar and Laporte headed wide from an extraordinary shot.

Everton's hopeless run proceeds, notwithstanding this tremendously enhanced execution, and they have lost eight of their last 13 alliance matches.Their guarded shortcomings were uncovered once more and Laporte headed home from David Silva's free-kick.

It was the twelfth objective Everton have surrendered from a set-piece this season, which is the most noticeably bad figure in the Premier League.

Gabriel Jesus included a second in second-half stoppage time to seal a nerby yet merited triumph.

Everton's battles at home additionally go on and they have lost four of their last five alliance diversions at Goodison Park.