'What do you expect?' How Man City players feel about awful run of results

Manchester City players feel like they are doing everything possible to try and end their rotten run of results.

The Blues at least avoided defeat on Boxing Day but a 1-1 draw with Everton meant it is now just one win from their last 13 games in all competitions. John Stones, Jack Grealish and Kyle Walker all missed the game to add to the injury concerns, with Pep Guardiola missing eight for the fixture just days before they travel to Leicester for their next game.

It was the same old story for City, with promising play that wasn't clinical enough to put the game beyond Everton and a brittle defence that conceded from the visitors' first real chance. Erling Haaland missed a penalty that would have given City the lead again in the second half, and they were left hanging on in injury time as Everton missed on a break that would have won the game.

There was frustration from the players and the fans in the game, and while Guardiola tried to remain positive throughout even he had moments where he couldn't hide his worry at the team. The message afterwards was that this was one of their better performances in the run, although there is also a feeling that they have done everything possible to get back to winning ways.

"We need to keep on working. There's nothing else we can do at the moment," said defender Manu Akanji. "What do you expect us to do? Change system? Play other players?

"We're trying everything and we played really well today, it just didn't turn our way. It feels like a frustrating afternoon but when you compare it to the other matches we played really well today from the first minute to the last.

"We tried to score a goal, we tried to play offensive football. They basically scored out of nowhere. We did