3-1 Up. Nine Minutes Left. Then City Happened.
Thierno Barry scored in the 81st minute to make it 3-1. Nine minutes plus stoppage time left. Hill Dickinson was going absolutely wild. David Moyes punched the air.
Then Haaland pulled one back in the 83rd.
Then Doku — in the 97th minute — equalised.
3-3. City salvaged a point. Everton lost two. Arsenal are now five points clear with four games left. The title race is essentially over.
The Hill Dickinson collapsed into silence. What had felt like the biggest result of Everton’s season disappeared in six minutes of madness.
Doku Started It
First half was City’s. 76% of the ball at one point. Thirteen shots to Everton’s two before the break.
Donnarumma was excellent. Kept City at bay for 43 minutes. Then Doku picked the ball up on the left, cut inside, and curled it into the top corner. Perfect technique. Nothing the keeper was doing to stop that one.
1-0 at half-time. Everton had barely touched the ball. City were cruising.
Guéhi Ruined It
Marc Guéhi plays for Crystal Palace. He had nothing to do with this match. Except he did — because his name was on everyone’s lips at full time.
A poor back pass — an absolute gift — was latched onto by Thierno Barry in the 68th minute. Barry had come on as a substitute. He tucked it away past Donnarumma. 1-1.
284 seconds later — Jake O’Brien. Everton corner, O’Brien got his head to it, 2-1. Hill Dickinson Stadium lost its mind.
Then Barry again in the 81st. Merlin Röhl’s shot was scuffed. Barry was right there. Nudged it in. Did not even need to think about it. 3-1.
City imploded. Guardiola on the touchline. Head in hands. Three goals down with nine minutes left.
Two Minutes of Madness
Haaland got one back in the 83rd. Header. Clinical. Haaland always scores. That is what he does.
Ninety minutes passed. Seven minutes of stoppage time. Still 3-2. Still Everton’s game. Still the biggest result of their season.
Then the 97th minute. Doku collected the ball on the edge of the box. One movement. Low shot. Inside the far post. 3-3.
His second of the match. City’s third-latest goal on record in a Premier League game since 2006. The crowd did not know whether to boo or applaud.
Moyes just stared. Everton had deserved that win. Football gave them a draw instead.
What It Means
Arsenal are five points clear of City with four games left. Arsenal have three games remaining. City have four.
Simple maths — if Arsenal win two of their three, City cannot catch them regardless of what City do. The title is going to the Emirates. This 97th-minute equaliser kept City technically alive. Nobody in football actually believes it changes anything.
Thierry Henry said it on Monday Night Football. “It’s back in Arsenal’s hands. It’s not in City’s hands anymore.” He is right.
City have now dropped 12 points from winning positions in the league since the turn of the year — joint-most in the division alongside Spurs and Newcastle. That is not a coincidence. That is a pattern. Guardiola has questions to answer about why this keeps happening.
For Everton — tenth place. 48 points. The two dropped points will hurt. Barry came off the bench and was their best player — rated 8 by Sky Sports. He almost won them the game on his own. Ndiaye had a gilt-edged chance and squandered it at 0-0. That one will sting too.
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Everton 3-3 Manchester City Premier League Matchday 35 | Monday, 4 May 2026 | Hill Dickinson Stadium
Goals: Doku 43′, 90+7′ | Haaland 83′ (MCI) | Barry 68′, 81′ | O’Brien 73′ (EVE)
Everton XI: Pickford | O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko | Iroegbunam, Garner | Röhl, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye | Beto Subs: Barry (for Beto), Alcaraz, Patterson, Armstrong
Man City XI: Donnarumma | Gvardiol, Stones, Khusanov, Dias | Gündogan, Bernardo | Savinho, Foden, Doku | Haaland Subs: Marmoush, others
HT: 0-1 | FT: 3-3 Table: Arsenal 1st | Manchester City 2nd (5 pts behind, 4 games left.
