Maarten Stekelenburg the penalty hero as Everton hold Manchester City via The Guardian
The Manchester City wobble continues. They should have won this match and would have done but for an outstanding performance from the Everton goalkeeper, Maarten Stekelenburg, who saved two penalties and kept out two more goal-bound efforts from Sergio Agüero and Kevin De Bruyne.
Apart from a third successive game without a win Pep Guardiola will be concerned about his side’s penalty wastage rate – of eight spot-kicks awarded this season they have only converted four – but mostly he will be worried that City are dominating games without making their superiority count. It is far too early in the season to suggest the former Barcelona manager is becoming desperate, but when, almost laughably, he sent on Vincent Kompany as a striker for the last few minutes it could only be interpreted as a sign of frustration.
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