Tommy Fleetwood, the Ryder Cup hero, saw his golfing friend Pep Guardiola steer Manchester City back toward its goal.

The recent world champions have performed poorly at home over the past few weeks, winning just one of their previous six games.

Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez were all on target against Everton

Bernardo Silva scored as Manchester City came from behind to beat Everton

And after Everton’s team took the lead in the first half, it appeared that the difficult period would not end.

However, goals from Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez, and Bernardo Silva in the second half made sure they stayed comfortably in the lead.

After winning the World Club Cup the night before in hot Saudi Arabia, City arrived back in the UK on Saturday.

For the first time in seven months, they had won their fifth prize, and they wore the gold FIFA insignia with pride on their shirts.

But on a breezy night at Goodison, the issue was, would they still have the stomach and hunger to do it?

Thanks to a brilliant second-half show, the answer was ultimately yes. But there was some question about it for a while.

They were unable to convert their early dominance into objectives; thus, it should have been considerably simpler.

Alvarez pushed a Jack Grealish cross goalward, but Jordan Pickford made a deft stop at his near post.

James Tarkowski made a mistake, and Foden took advantage of it by blasting his shot over the angle.

Pickford parried a low drive from Matheus Nunes, and the England goalkeeper rose to divert Alvarez’s rebound wide of the post.

And to avoid getting nicked on the toe by Grealish, his international teammate, the Three Lions captain had to be on guard once more.

After dominating the first twenty-eight minutes, City somehow found themselves behind.

Since this is turning into their season’s narrative, their supporters would have rolled their eyes.

And since it was a comedy of mistakes from the triple winners, they just had themselves to blame this time.

After Rodri mishandled a pass from Manuel Akanji and played the ball into Dwight McNeil’s foot, Silva was unable to control it.

Harrison, who was once employed by the City Football Group in New York City, turned in his low cross at close range.

Guardiola even considered signing him at one point, but he turned it down and joined Leeds.

The former England Under-21 player nearly added a second goal with a curling shot, but Ederson stopped him at the last second. It seems like he had something to prove.

The Toffees had not lost since taking the lead under Sean Dyche’s tenure as manager, which concerned City.

And when former Everton defender John Stones staggered out following a last-ditch tackle on Beto, their task became much more challenging.

The fact that the massive striker was offside yet the linesman waited until the play was done to raise his flag would have infuriated him and Guardiola alike.

Pep knows how crucial the center-back is to his squad, even though he has already missed a significant portion of the current season.

He was already missing Ruben Dias, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland, and Kevin de Bruyne, and at the intermission, he appeared quite dissatisfied with the referees.

Next month, the former Barcelona manager experienced one of his worst days as City’s manager as his team lost 4-0 against Everton.

Although they have triumphed in their last seven visits here, it was looking like this evening would be just as destructive.

His team had more purpose after the break and was level shortly after the restart, so whatever he said at the interval appeared to be effective.

Bernardo Silva returned the ball to Phil Foden’s path, and the striker beat Pickford with a low shot from 25 yards out.

The goalkeeper moved to the right, but he was unable to stop himself from throwing himself to the left, missing the target entirely.

The home team was now facing overwhelming odds, and it seemed like only a matter of time until City finished their comeback.

As expected, shortly after the hour, Nathan Ake’s goal-bound attempt struck Amadou Onana in the arm.

The Belgium international was unlucky to be only a few yards away, even if he did have his arm raised, and John Brooks’ penalty award was maintained by the VAR.

Pickford was unable to get enough on the penalty that Alvarez hammered straight down the middle to keep it out.