
Manchester City travel to Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium for the first time on Monday evening with ground to make up in the title race.
Pep Guardiola was wary of a new venue while staring at a six-point gap to Arsenal. “It will be weird because the old Everton stadium was so cool and nice, very British,” he mused this week. “I loved going there.” And for good reason. Guardiola strung together nine consecutive victories at Goodison Park before Everton’s move to the docks over the summer.