Five days on from becoming Club World Cup champions for the first time in their history, Manchester City returned to winning ways in
the Premier League when they came from behind to beat Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.
For the seventh time this season, the Citizens were trailing 1-0 courtesy of a first-half strike from former employee Jack Harrison, but second-half goals from Phil Foden, Julian
Alvarez and Bernardo Silva helped Pep Guardiola’s side claim maximum points against the Toffees and climb back into the top four, at the time of writing, as well as move to within five points of leaders Liverpool.
Following a dip in form between the end of November and beginning of December, Man City have since won five and drawn one of their last six games in all competitions, but
defensive frailties remain as they have conceded in each of their last eight Premier League matches, an unwanted record run since the arrival of Guardiola back in 2016.
Man City enter Saturday’s contest having drawn each of their last three top-flight matches at the Etihad, throwing away a total of
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six points from winning positions during this period, but Guardiola and co will be confident of success in front of their own fans against Sheffield United.
Indeed, the Citizens have not lost any of their previous 11 Premier League meetings with the Blades, winning each of
their last six in the process, while they have only lost their final league fixture in just one of the last 22 calendar years.
