Ilkay Gundogan was mocked for his team talk before the Leeds game, but his actions speak so much louder than words as the captain leads Man City by example.
There was no spot kick to distract from his brilliance at Goodison Park. Everton were stubborn, determined, organised and resolute; Everton were precisely as advertised. Yet with one moment of improvisation and flick of his boot, Gundogan broke their resistance and dashed one of those few remaining hopes Arsenal have of catching Manchester City.
The pattern of the game was thoroughly embedded by this point: Everton spent their time chasing shadows without ever being particular spooked by long periods out of position, then suddenly Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Abdoulaye Doucoure or Dwight McNeil broke with no teammate within a 50-yard radius. The only blows were glancing at best from either side.
A couple of minutes later, Gundogan latched onto a loose ball and clipped it perfectly towards the head of. The Norwegian’s third touch came in the game’s 39th minute but was integral all the same.
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