Manchester City 1-1 Everton, Premier League LATEST: Raheem Sterling cancels out Wayne Rooney's opener to earn hosts a late draw as both sides are reduced to 10 men during match
- CLICK HERE to read Sportsmail's Martin Samuel's match report in full
- Wayne Rooney scores his 200th Premier League goal to open the scoring
- Just 50 seconds earlier David Silva had hit the post for Manchester City
- Kyle Walker is shown a second yellow for a collision with Dominic Calvert-Lewin just before half-time, minutes after he was booked for a Leighton Baines tackle
- Raheem Sterling equalised for the hosts with just eight minutes remaining
- Morgan Schneiderlin was sent off for Everton late on for a second yellow card
- Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Sane, Kompany, Stones, Aguero, De Bruyne, Silva, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Jesus.
- Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Williams, Jagielka, Holgate, Baines, Schneiderlin, Gana, Davies, Rooney, Calvert-Lewin.
- Manchester City face Everton at the Etihad Stadium on Monday (8pm kick-off)
He's finished, you know. He doesn't score, he doesn't contribute. He should have just packed it in, or gone to China or the United States, for the money. He has nothing left to give to Premier League football.
Yet somehow, here Wayne Rooney is. Two games, two goals, a hugely impressive point this time away to one of the title favourites. This was so close to being the stuff of dreams for Rooney. The winner, back in Manchester, at the home of avowed rivals.
Instead he was denied by an 82nd minute goal from Raheem Sterling. Still, it was better than all but the most diehard Evertonian would have expected. This was supposed to be a comfortable three points for City, who last dropped points in the opening game of the season in 2006. Instead, they had to fight all the way.
CLICK HERE to read Sportsmail's Martin Samuel's match report in full.
What. A. Game.
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The answer is no as the referee brings an end to action-packed match.
Two goals, two controversial red cards. There are a lot of talking points here.
Will there be more drama!?
89 mins: Besic makes his first Premier League appearance in 16 months as he comes on in place of Rooney.
89 mins: This game keeps on providing drama as Everton are reduced to 10 men and this decision appears extremely harsh. Schneiderlin is shown a second yellow card for a foul on Aguero - much to the former's fury as he lets the latter know.
However, replays show he clearly won the ball.
84 mins: The visitors' goalscorer is booked for dissent.
Those criticisms of Sterling? Forget about them for now as he equalises for the hosts. Danilo's cross is headed straight back into the penalty area by Holgate straight to an unmarked Sterling on the penalty area. The former Liverpool man's first instinct is to volley it and crashes into the bottom of the net.
No real celebration, City want to win this.
Full of running with a great ability to hold up play the young striker has stood out tonight. Ronald Koeman will be delighted with his performance so far. It was his brilliant run that led to Kompany blocking him for a booking.
78 mins: The Manchester City captain is booked for a crude challenge on Calvert-Lewin.
77 mins: This is a brilliant save from Pickford. Danilo goes by Jagielka far too easily and shoots towards goal with his left foot. However, Pickford does excellently to stop it flying in to his bottom corner.
75 mins: A criticism of Sterling's play has been his composure in the attacking final third and that's evident by this chance. Kevin De Bruyne's through ball finds Aguero who neatly lays it off to Sterling. His first touch inside the penalty area is a good one, the second one is a shot high and wide of goal.
71 mins: And the substitute's first impact of the match is to have a shot at goal. Great hold-up play by Aguero sees David Silva chest the ball first time into his path but Bernardo Silva can only shoot into the ground and wide of Pickford's post.
69 mins: City make their third and final change of the night as Bernardo Silva comes on to make his home debut as well in place of Sane.
65 mins: Danilo makes his home debut as he comes on in place of Stones, allowing Sterling to get further forward.
61 mins: Everton's new signing has entered the frame as he makes way for Davies. Ashley Williams is off for Davy Klaassen as Everton change their shape to a back four.
He's stripped and taking on board his final instructions.
54 mins: The opening stages of the second half have mirrored the first. Despite City being a goal and man down, they're the ones dominating possession - they've had 63 per cent of it in fact.
Everton remain tough to break down though in their defensive block.
There is mystery around Kyle Walker’s red card. The foul on Leighton Baines was a yellow card.
But if Bobby Madley thinks that is an elbow on Dominic Calvert-Lewin minutes later, then why doesn’t he show a straight red?
Okay, if he thinks it’s an elbow I understand why he feels the need to punish Walker. Calvert-Lewin’s reaction was poor too.
But a second yellow is making a total mess of it.
For a start, it means City cannot appeal (they could have appealed a straight red). And he got it wrong. It was a foul, nothing more. No need for a card.
City make a change at half-time as Jesus comes off for former Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling in a tactical tweak by Guardiola.
Can City recover from a goal and a man down?
Boos ring out at half-time at a subdued Etihad. It's bad enough for the hosts to be a goal but now a man down has compounded their woe.
Guardiola will have a lot to think about now as he tries to re-jig his team in the interval. Meanwhile, Koeman will be delighted with the visitors' opening 45-minute display.
44 mins: Referee Bobby Madley has just made a big call as the hosts are down to 10 men. Walker's home debut is one to forget as he receives his second yellow card in just a matter of minutes.
Pickford's goal-kick is arrowed towards Calvert-Lewin and Walker. The latter takes a look at his man first before bumping him to the floor. After some deliberation Madley shows him a second yellow card.
Replays show it appears to be a harsh decision.
41 mins: The Manchester City full back is booked for a late challenge on Leighton Baines.
REMEMBER THE NAME... WAYNE ROONEY!
Everton's prodigal son has done it again in his second spell at the club - and it will be a strike he will enjoy with such relish.
Just as Silva hits the post 50 seconds later the visitors score. Sane's backpass towards Kompany is intercepted by Mason Holgate who slips in a ball down the right channel to Calvert-Lewin. His cross across goal is met by the onrushing Rooney who sees his left-footed shot nutmeg Ederson before going in.
After Hugo Lloris' blunder yesterday, Ederson hasn't covered himself in glory too.
34 mins: City are appearing ever closer to breaking the deadlock. Silva is found by a pin-point Aguero pass but his effort smashes against Pickford's near post.
33 mins: How it is still goalless, I do not know. Sergio Aguero is clear on goal after darting around several Everton tackles. However, just as he is about to pull the trigger Jagielka gets a brilliant tackle in while on the ground. It should be 1-0 though.
26 mins: City try their luck from range once more and it nearly pays off. Otamendi carries the ball to the edge of the Everton area and his strike is saved by Pickford but not far enough away from danger. The goalkeeper does well to react to the rebound though as he forces Sergio Aguero to try and lob him - an effort that is cleared away for a corner by Phil Jagielka.
The resulting set-piece amounts to nothing for the hosts though.
25 mins: Everton now have two players in the book as Tom Davies is cautioned for simulation.
20 mins: Yup, you've guessed it. Thirteen years at city rivals United will never be forgotten by the blue half of Manchester as evident by the opening 20 minutes.
16 mins: And as my previous post notes, this pattern has been demonstrated with the next phase of play.
After another City attack, Pickford boots the ball towards Calvert-Lewin. He collects the ball via his chest before running towards the City box. Holding it up well he finds Tom Davies who shoots wide from the edge of the area.
15 mins: We're only a sixth of the way into the match but the pattern of play looks set. City are dominating possession and have already had a few efforts at goal.
Everton are looking to play on the break with Calvert-Lewin's pace.
7 mins: Morgan Schneiderlin won't be the most popular of players tonight, owing to his United background, and his reputation won't be enhanced for a crude challenge on Sergio Aguero that stops their attack. It promptly earns him a booking.
3 mins: We've had our first shot of the match from Everton. Dominic Calvert-Lewin does well to run down Nicolas Otamendi's left-sided channel but his long-range effort flies just wide of Ederson's goal.
Just a minute earlier Otamendi's strike at goal was straight at Jordan Pickford.
A haze is still over the pitch at the moment but I can confirm that kick-off has happened.
Here we go then...
The pyrotechnics are out as both teams enter the frame with Oasis' Don't Look Back in Anger blaring over the tannoy.
Some fans have finished their pre-game cheeseburgers and are ready but will it be Guardiola or Koeman fuming come full-time?
Whether you're a Mike from Manchester or a Matthew from Merseyside (or even a neutral) the countdown to the big one is nearly upon us.
WILL GRIFFEE: Fernandinho has sounded a warning to his Manchester City team-mates that Wayne Rooney cannot be given time or space for Everton on Monday night.
The midfielder is wary of a rejuvenated Rooney and sees it as crucial for City's chances that the 31-year-old is smothered at every turn.
'He's a great player, he showed that during the pre-season and the first game as well,' Fernandinho said.
'We will have to be very careful with him. He can score in many different ways.
'We will have to be close to him and not give him any chance to think or to create any chance [on] goal.'
Everton and Manchester City will both wear shirts featuring a slightly modified version of Manchester’s iconic worker bee emblem when the two sides meet this evening.
The Premier League fixture at the Etihad Stadium will be Manchester City’s first home game following the terrorist attack in Manchester in May and, in a show of unity and togetherness, the iconic bee symbol will also in part, incorporate the red and yellow colours of Catalonia following Thursday’s tragic events in Barcelona.
Symbolising the industrial heritage of Manchester and its people, the worker bee has been an emblem since the Victorian era and was adopted into the City’s coat of arms in 1842.
Everton will show solidarity with the cities of Manchester and Barcelona by sporting the bee symbol on the Club’s new third strip as well as black armbands as a mark of respect.
Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Williams, Jagielka, Holgate, Baines, Schneiderlin, Gana, Davies, Rooney, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Stekelenburg, Martina, Besic, Klaassen, Sigurdsson, Mirallas, Lookman.
JOE BERNSTEIN: Even in Vincent Kompany's long and varied career, Monday night's game against Everton will be a first, leading his Manchester City team-mates through a one-way glass tunnel in which supporters dining behind the screen can watch their every move, but the players can't see them.
'Maybe tunnel bust-ups will stop, maybe they won't,' he says with a twinkle in his eye.
'Football is always going to be about emotions, and now the more you show, the more people will see it. It'll make it more interesting to be in the Tunnel Club I guess.
'Personally, I embrace it. I'm not afraid of it. This will always be a football stadium first and foremost but you have to live with the times.
'This adds an experience for everyone and we as players should be able to deal with being seen. We're used to having more cameras around anywhere we go.'
The tunnel is not the only new innovation being rolled out at the Etihad. The new dressing room area is circular, spacious and open plan, a million miles away from the traditional spit and sawdust changing room where the manager would slam the door shut and deliver home truths.
Manchester City's new Tunnel Club launched for the game against Everton on Monday night is described by the club as the 'the most immersive experience available in world football today'.
Season-ticket members will pay between £7,500 and £15,000 to dine next to a double-sided glass tunnel where they will get a bird's eye view of Sergio Aguero and other City stars as they enter and leave the pitch.
They will also get a tactical briefing from a member of Pep Guardiola's analysis department and can watch the players conduct post-match interviews, though the players won't be able to see them.
It's a model based on NFL franchise The Dallas Cowboys and seats will also be available on a match-by-match basis.
It will also be the first time City players will use their new stare-of-the-art dressing-room. Circular in shape, it is designed to avoid players splitting into groups or missing out on Pep Guardiola's words of wisdom.
Other new facilities in the space-age open-plan dressing-room area include new hydrotherapy and ice baths and giant communal showers.
All fans can also see the City players get off the team coach before kick off and walk down the blue carpet.
Manchester City XI to face Everton: Ederson, Walker, Sane, Kompany, Stones, Aguero, De Bruyne, David Silva, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Gabriel Jesus.
Subs: Bravo, Sterling, Mangala, Danilo, Bernardo, Yaya Toure, Foden.
His opening goal on the opening day against Stoke was his 199th in the Premier League, putting him one away from becoming only the second player to bag 200 in the competition after Alan Shearer (260).
Aguero needs one more goal to become the all-time highest ever non-European goalscorer in Premier League history – he’s currently level with Dwight Yorke on 123 goals.
Manchester City lost their last Premier League meeting with Everton 0-4. It was Pep Guardiola’s heaviest ever defeat in league competition as a manager.
Indeed, it was Everton’s biggest ever Premier League win over Man City, with the Toffees scoring with all four of their shots on target.
Only Alan Shearer (11) has scored more goals against Manchester City in the Premier League than Wayne Rooney (8).
Sergio Aguero has failed to score in his last six Premier League appearances against Everton, his longest current drought versus a top-flight side.
Before last season, Pep Guardiola had beaten every club he’d faced in league competition within his first two meetings against them. Everton are now looking to become the first team he’s failed to beat in any of his first three matches.
Manchester City are unbeaten in six Premier League home matches against Everton, winning three and drawing three. Prior to this run City had lost four in a row at home to the Merseyside club.
Everton last won back to back matches against Manchester City in May 2011, when they won four in a row.
Pep Guardiola’s side have lost just one of their last 22 home Premier League games (W13 D8 L1), which was against eventual champions Chelsea in December 2016.
Wayne Rooney’s last away appearance in the Premier League for Everton was a 5-1 loss by Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
BEN GROUNDS: Samir Nasri has completed his move to Turkish side Antalyaspor in a deal rising to £3.2million, ending his six-year stay at Manchester City.
The France international touched down in Turkey on Sunday to discuss terms with the Super Lig side and he has now finalised his switch from the Etihad Stadium.
The Turkish side will pay all of midfielder Nasri's wages, which amounts to £10m over the course of his two-year contract.
Everton's record signing Gylfi Sigurdsson is expected to make his debut when the Toffees travel to Manchester City on Monday.
The Icelander's move from Swansea was completed on Wednesday and, although he only feels ready to play 45 minutes, boss Ronald Koeman said he would be involved.
And welcome to another installment of Premier League football, covered by Sportsmail. Tonight's action concludes the final game of the second-round fixtures as Manchester City host Everton.
Follow all the build-up and action from the Etihad Stadium as it unfolds with myself Luke Augustus. Kick-off is at 8pm with team news to come at 7pm.
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