Bernardo Silva scored an early goal but Erling Haaland missed a penalty as struggling Manchester City could only muster a single point in a 1-1 Premier League draw with Everton to kick off a full slate of Boxing Day games on Thursday.

Erling Haaland missed a penalty as Manchester City was held 1-1 by Everton in the Premier League on Thursday. Haaland had the chance to set the four-time defending champion on course for only its second win in 13 games when stepping up for a 53rd minute spot kick at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City’s plight is their individual kind of deja vu nightmare. Featuring domination, taking the lead, creating numerous chances, the spurning of these, and the pesky foe taking one of their very few to thwart those in blue.

Follow action from eight games on Boxing Day in the Premier League including Man City v Everton, Chelsea v Fulham, Wolves v Man Utd and Liverpool v Leicester.

Everton may be buoyed by the Friedkin Group’s takeover but they have also been cheered by the resistance of Sean Dyche’s band of grafters. A hat-trick of draws have been ground out, but unlike the stalemates with Arsenal and Chelsea,

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has bemoaned his side’s failure to beat Everton in the Premier League on Saturday. City’s poor run continued, as they were held to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad. Bernardo Silva gave the champions the lead before Illiman Ndiaye equalized for the Toffees.