Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League for the first time since December with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Everton on Wednesday
A walkover it was not, but Manchester City still got what they wanted.
For the first time in two months, the champions are on top of the Premier League, there courtesy of a hard-fought, but ultimately deserved, victory at Everton.
Aymeric Laporte’s header in first-half stoppage time did the trick, and Gabriel Jesus came off the bench to repeat the trick at the end of the second period. Not pretty, but pretty important.