Aston Villa – Manchester City 1-0: Emery’s super team beat the champions

Ladies and gentlemen, the title race has only just begun in the magical world of the English Premier League, and now no one can say with certainty that the English champions of the past three years and last season’s European champions, Manchester City, are the undisputed favorites to win the Premier League title. First cut the thread at the end.

The team that was keen to put… doubts and fire in the battle for the top is Aston Villa, which on Wednesday night was sweeping Pep Guardiola’s team (for the first time in his days he saw City remain without success for four years). Two consecutive league matches) and defeated the poor based on their 1-0 advantage, which raised them to third place in the standings and -4 behind Arsenal.

At the same time, it was left two points behind Manchester City, which fell to fourth place and -6 from the top, as the Villans delighted their fans with their performance and even celebrated their first three points against the Citizens after 2014.

the match

Manchester City were desperate for a win to end a three-game draw in the Premier League (with Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham respectively) but faced… the wrong opposition this season, with an in-form Aston Villa much better than the Citizens in the first half and feeling aggrieved by the 0-0 scoreline. -0 in the first half (13-2 finals, 5-2 at home, 225-244 turnovers).

However, she was not disappointed, as she continued the same pace in the second half and was rewarded handsomely, because not only was she better than the champion and she was the one who scored the goal, but she forced Guardiola’s team not to back down. One final shot on goal (!) from the 46th minute until the fifth minute of stoppage time.

By contrast, the Villans played in 9 finals, 1 away and 2 at home, with the decisive phase of the match arriving in the 74th minute, when Bailly raced into the Citizens area and shot from the semi-circle, only for the ball to be blocked by Ruben Dias, To gain height and end up deep in the goal of Anderson, who fell.

It is noteworthy that this was the first victory in Unai Emery’s career against Pep Guardiola’s team (in a total of 14 meetings between the two coaches), as Aston Villa has now achieved 14 consecutive wins at home in the English Premier League and equals the club record in the tournament (he achieved a series of victories in 14 matches in 1903 and 1931).

• Aston Villa: Martins, Konza, Carlos, Torres, Dean (90′ Moreno), Kamara, Bailly (85′ Diaby, Luiz, Tielemans (85′ Ramsey), Maggin, Watkins (90′ Duran).
• Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Ruben Diaz, Guardiol, Stones, Akanji, Foden (73′ pop), Bernardo Silva, Luis (68′ Kovacic), Alvarez (68′ Nunes), Haaland.

Results of match 15

• Wolverhampton – Burnley 1-0 (42′ Hwang)
• Luton – Arsenal 3-4 (25′ Owusu, 49′ Adebayo, 57′ Barkley / 20′ Martinelli, 45′ Jesus, 60′ Havertz, 90’+7′ Rice).
• Sheffield – Liverpool 0-2 (37′ Van Dijk, 90+4′ Soboslaj)
• Fulham – Nottingham 5-0 (30′ 74′ Ejobe, 34′ 55′ Jimenez, 86′ Kearney)
• Crystal Palace – Bournemouth 0-2 (25′ Sensi, 91′ Moore)
• Brighton – Brentford 2-1 (31′ Gross, 52′ Henselwood / 27′ Pen. Mbiomo)
• Manchester United – Chelsea 2-1 (19′ 69′ McTominay / 45′ Palmer)
• Aston Villa – Manchester City 1-0 (74′ Billy)
• 12/07 21:30 Everton – Newcastle
• 12/07 22:15 Tottenham – West Ham

Program of the 16th round

• 12/09 14:30 Crystal Palace – Liverpool
• 12/09 17:00 Wolves – Nottingham
• 12/09 17:00 Brighton – Burnley
• 12/09 17:00 Sheffield – Brentford
• 12/09 17:00 Manchester United – Bournemouth
• 12/09 19:30 Aston Villa – Arsenal
• 10/12 16:00 Luton – Manchester City
• 10/12 16:00 Fulham – West Ham
• 10/12 16:00 Everton – Chelsea
• 10/12 18:30 Tottenham – Newcastle