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Reaction to Everton’s New Year’s Day clash with Manchester City dominates Thursday’s media.

Match reports feature across various local and national newspapers, with the Liverpool Echo and Daily Mail saying Carlo Ancelotti has “dismissed” claims by City boss Pep Guardiola that Dominic Calvert-Lewin should have been sent off for a second-half tackle on Fernandinho.

The Daily Star speculates Everton could battle Chelsea for Bordeaux’s former Sunderland striker Josh Maja after reportedly sending scouts to watch the London-born Nigeria international, 21.

The Echo, meanwhile, suggests the Blues are monitoring two Football League defenders in 17-year-old Carlisle United starlet Jarrad Branthwaite and Nottingham Forest’s Joe Worrall, 22.

The Daily Star runs quotes from Moise Kean’s agent Mino Raiola that first appeared in Italian newspaper La Repubblica suggesting Everton have received enquiries about the teenage striker but have “no intention” of letting him leave Goodison Park.

Finally, Spain’s Diario AS reports Real Madrid are unwilling to let go of Colombia international and rumoured Toffees target James Rodriguez in January.