Pep Guardiola felt his players showed the right mentality in trying to bounce back from Erling Haaland's penalty miss and praised their performance at the Etihad, despite seeing his team booed off.
Some supporters jeered at the final whistle, with City only able to draw 1-1 with Everton as their poor run of form extended to just one win in their last 13 games in all competitions.
They took the lead through Bernardo Silva's early effort, which deflected in off Jarrad Branthwaite, but Iliman Ndiaye pulled Everton level.
Savinho won a second-half penalty, but Jordan Pickford saved Haaland's effort and it felt like City struggled to recover from that blow, despite still having 37 minutes to play.
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