Phil Foden's Gary Lineker impression helps Man City channel Edin Dzeko in Liverpool title fight

And breathe.

Manchester City used to make heavy weather of things every year against Everton at Goodison Park. It wasn’t fun then either.

Phil Foden was the hero, smuggling an 82nd-minute winner to enjoy a knee-sliding celebration before an ecstatic away section.

That was only the start of the late drama. It wasn’t always convincing but City found a way to navigate some choppy waters and go six points clear of Liverpool at the summit.

It was a story of breathless tension that you’d find in any great Western movie. With that tenuous link in mind, let’s look through The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Everton 0-1 City.

The Good: Poaching Phil

Gary Lineker will surely approve of the key moment on tonight’s Match of the Day highlights. Foden produced a moment that the former England great or any other seasoned striker would be proud of. And it’s not the first time.

The 21-year-old showed strength and poise to engineer a drag-back to finish from inside the Norwich six-yard box two weekends ago, while his delayed finish to sit down Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Antonio Adan in the Champions League was a wonderful piece of work.

At Goodison, he cashed in on a double deflection from Bernardo Silva’s cross before showing deft control with his right foot and finishing with his stronger left.

Foden fired an earlier clear opening too close to England teammate Jordan Pickford and botched a close-range header, so there is work to do. But in a team without a striker, he is making a nice habit of scoring striker’s goals.

The Bad: Panic stations

City uncharacteristically fell to pieces after Riyad Mahrez equalised against Tottenham last weekend, to the extent that Harry Kane scored a stoppage-time winner.

The result alone means this was