Raheem Sterling had a penalty appeal turned down early on when he tumbled between
Leighton Baines and Joel Robles, but it was Everton who took the lead.


Gael Clichy's error in midfield allowed Everton to slice through the City backline, giving Lukaku the chance to side-foot past Bravo. Two minutes after half-time, Kevin Mirallas made it two after some sloppy defending from City, and youngster Tom Davies dinked an excellent third that he was at the heart of creating.


New signings Morgan Schneiderlin and Ademola Lookman started on the bench for the home side, the Frenchman making his debut just after the hour mark and the 19-year-old coming on to grab the fourth goal despite being on the pitch for little more than added time.


The result means City remain 10 points behind league leaders Chelsea, while Everton stay in seventh behind Manchester United.


TALKING POINT

How has Pep Guardiola produced such a mediocre side? It's clearly too early to draw any conclusions about Guardiola's time at City, but he is nonetheless deserving of severe criticism. He has taken a side that was mediocre under Manuel Pellegrini, and made it worse.

Pep Guardiola looks dejected - Reuters
John Stones is a misfiring synapse, David Silva is still underperforming in most matches, and the defence is pitiful. We can expect real improvement over the next 12 months, but such poor performances are inexcusable.


MAN OF THE MATCH.

Tom Davies (Everton): The England Under-19 captain appeared a little out of his depth at the start of the match, and was lucky not to get booked at the start. However, as Everton showed that Manchester City had nothing of merit to offer, he started to gain in confidence. His goal was a superb effort, and Everton might have another youngster to pin their hopes on.


PLAYER RATINGS
Everton: Joel 6, Baines 6, Williams 6, Funes Mori 6, Holgate 6, Coleman 6, Barry 6, Davies 8, Mirallas 7, Barkley 7, Lukaku 7. Subs:
Schneiderlin 6, McCarthy 7, Lookman 8.


Manchester City: Bravo 5, Sagna 5, Stones 4, Otamendi 5, Clichy 5, Yaya Toure 4, Zabaleta 6,
De Bruyne 7, Sterling 5, Silva 4, Aguero 5. Subs:
Iheanacho 6.

key stat

Everton scored from their first four shots on target.

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