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MANCHESTER, England -- It might be time for Manchester City to start practicing penalties.Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero had spot kicks saved as City drew 1-1 with Everton in the Premier League on Saturday in the latest stumble by Pep Guardiolas side.Thats four failures from eight attempts from the penalty spot this season for City, with Aguero having spurned two chances in a Champions League qualifier. The striker missed one for Argentina in its loss in South American qualifying on Tuesday, too.Asked if City practices penalties in training, Guardiola said no before adding: I dont have time to practice everything I want to practice.It needed a 72nd-minute goal by Nolito, seconds after the Spain forward came on as a substitute, to earn City a point from a game it dominated at Etihad Stadium, with 72 percent possession and 19 shots on goal.Its the first testing spell of Guardiolas short reign, with this draw coming after a 3-3 draw at Celtic in the Champions League and a 2-0 loss at Tottenham in the Premier League. The team opened the season with 10 straight wins.We did absolutely everything, Guardiola said.Romelu Lukaku, with his sixth goal in his last five games, put Everton in front against the run of play in the 64th by running onto a flick by Yannick Bolasie in central midfield, dribbling past last-man Gael Clichy and burying a low finish.That was a rare foray forward by the visitors, who defended deeply and tried to hit on the counterattack.Everton goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg backed up his penalty stops by producing a brilliant save to tip De Bruynes shot around the post in the last minutes, leading Everton manager Ronald Koeman to say: Maybe the goalkeeper played his best game ever.City are the best team in my managerial career I have played against, Koeman added.City is now only top of the Premier League on goal difference from Arsenal.It was a fascinating tactical duel between Guardiola and Koeman, who played together at Barcelona in the early 1990s and were disciples of the Spanish clubs then-coach, Johan Cruyff. Koeman was a mentor and roommate to Guardiola in those days, teaching an eager-to-learn youngster about tactics and styles of play.Now Guardiolas tactical acumen is widely regarded as second to none, and intriguingly he switched to a 3-2-4-1 formation, playing three men in defense for the first time as City manager.Guardiola also chose to start with Aguero on the bench after the strikers exertions with Argentina over the international break, meaning the teams top scorer wasnt on the field when City was awarded its first penalty in the major incident of the first half, after David Silva was tripped by Phil Jagielka.De Bruyne replaced Aguero as penalty-taker and his kick was a nice height for Stekelenburg, who parried the ball away diving to his left.Aguero was on the pitch for 14 minutes when he earned his own penalty, with Jagielka again the Everton player committing the foul. 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The Razorbacks wrap the weekend in Albuquerque Saturday afternoon with an exhibition match against Montreal with first serve scheduled for 1 p.m. (CT).Collectively, Arkansas out-blocked its opponent (6.0-4.0) and finished the match with more digs (37-34) in holding Nebraska to its lowest hitting percentage of the year. The Cornhuskers finished the match more than 100 points below their season average.Through the opening stages of the first set, Arkansas (1-7) went toe-to-toe with the top-ranked team in the nation, taking a 16-14 lead after a tandem block from Harbin and Breana Jones. Out of a timeout, however, the Cornhuskers used a 6-1 run to go ahead on the scoreboard and used a similar ssurge of five out of six to secure the opener.ddddddddddddNebraska (5-0) carried the momentum into the second, building an early 8-2 lead which forced Razorback head coach Jason Watson to use a timeout. Arkansas steadied and pulled to within four points when Jones and Ana Sofia Jusino combined for a block to cut the Nebraska lead to 12-8. The defending national champions pulled away late to take a 2-0 match lead into the locker room.The teams were out to an even start in the third with Arkansas using another block from Jones, this time teaming up with Barbara Dapic for a 5-5 score. The Cornhuskers used a mini-run to go ahead by three at 11-8 but Arkansas returned the favor with a surge of its own to tie the score at 13-all with a kill by Jones. The Razorbacks cut a once seven-point deficit to three-saving a pair of match points along the way-after a Valle ace. ' ' '