Everton v Man City LIVE: Haaland’s two-word response as visitors collapse to hand Arsenal advantage in Premier League title race

Phil Foden is set to sign a new contract at Manchester City to keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2030 after coming to a provisional agreement with the Carabao Cup winners.

The England international’s current deal is set to expire next summer but he will commit to a four-year deal, with an option of a further year after that.

1) Arsenal | Played: 35 | Points: 76 | GD: 41

2) Man City | Played: 34 | Points: 71 | GD: 37

All in Arsenal’s hands now…

Pep Guardiola promised his Manchester City side will keep fighting in the Premier League title race against Arsenal after dropping two critical points in a dramatic 3-3 draw at Everton.

“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.

“It’s better the point than no point, but it (would be) better to win the game that we needed. 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 message. We play for that, even with difficulties for many reasons.”

Arsenal’s hopes of winning a first Premier League title in 22 years is now in their hands after Manchester City dropped points in an extraordinary collapse at Everton on Monday night.

Mikel Arteta’s side are five points clear of City, who have a game in hand, and it means the Gunners will lift the Premier League if they win their final three games against West Ham, Burnley and Crystal Palace.

Pep Guardiola insisted City will not give up the fight and they will play before Arsenal’s next game, which is away to Premier League strugglers West Ham who will be fighting for their lives on Sunday evening.

But the balance of the title race has firmly swung in Arsenal’s direction, even after Jeremy Doku’s late equaliser at the Hill Dickinson Stadium rescued a point for City when the damage looked to have been done.

Erling Haaland told his Manchester City team-mates that the title is “still there” despite his side’s dropped points at Everton in a dramatic encounter.

After Everton stunned the visitors with three goals in 12 minutes, Haaland sparked City’s late comeback with a goal straight from kick-off.

Jeremy Doku’s equaliser keeps City in the race, but only just: Arsenal will win the title if they win their next three games, starting with a trip to West Ham on Sunday.

A silly, silly second half of football. Game of the season, with huge consequences!

• 68’ Barry punishes Guehi to equalise for Everton
• 73’ O’Brien heads in from corner as Everton take lead
• 81’ Barry capitalises on another error as Man City crumble
• 83’ Haaland then responds straight from kick-off
• 90+7’ Doku whips in stunning strike deep into stoppage time

Played: 35 | Points: 76 | GD: 41

• 10 May – West Ham (A)
• 17 May – Burnley (H)
• 24 May – Crystal Palace (A)

Played: 34 | Points: 71 | GD: 37

• 9 May – Brentford (H)
• 13 May – Crystal Palace (H)
• 17 May – Bournemouth (A)
• 22 May – Aston Villa (H)

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.

Guardiola sent for Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush. Donnarumma came up for a couple of corners. But their rescuer was the man whose goals bookended the game. Doku’s first goal was curled in with his left foot, his second with his right, his first from just inside the box, his second from just outside.

And yet Everton’s third goal spurred a response from City. It was immediate. From kick-off, Kovacic split the Everton defence with a pass and Haaland chipped Jordan Pickford for a goal that takes him closer to the Golden Boot.