TARKOWSKI: CITY HITMAN ALWAYS FINDS WAY TO SCORE

JAMES TARKOWSKI was left to rue Everton's failure to keep the shackles on Erling Haaland.

- BY CHRISTOPHER BEESLEY

Etihad, Haaland broke the deadlock on 58 minutes, with an expertly executed header from Nico O'Reilly's left-wing cross. His second came five minutes later.

But Toffees skipper Tarkowski (with Haaland, left) was left lamenting what a simple opportunity it was for a striker of his standing to open his account.

He said: "We put a lot of detail into it and in the first half I thought the structure was really good.