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

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

The team that ensured everyone brought doubt and fire into the battle for the top was Aston Villa, who beat Pep Guardiola’s side on Wednesday night (the first time in his time he saw City go four times without success ). league games in a row) and beat the weak teams due to their superiority 1-0, which moved them to third place in the table and -4 behind Arsenal.

At the same time, they remained two points behind Manchester City, who fell to 4th place and -6 from the top, with the Villans delighting their audience with their performance and even celebrating their first three points against the Citizens after 2014.

The match

Manchester City were desperate for a win to end their three-game Premier League tie (against Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham) but came up against… the wrong opponent this season, as Aston Villa are in top form and a lot better than the Citizens in the first half and feel disadvantaged by the 0-0 score at the break (13:2 finals, 5:2 at home, 225:244 transfers).

However, she was not disappointed, she continued at the same pace in the second half and was rewarded in spades as not only was she better than the champions and was the one to score, but she also didn’t force Guardiola’s team from the 46th 15 minutes to the fifth minute of stoppage time to make one last attempt (!).

In contrast, the Villans managed nine finishes, including a shot against the crossbar in the 86th minute and two shots on goal, with the game-winner coming in the 74th minute when Bailey burst into the Citizens’ penalty area and fired the shot from the semicircle so that the ball goes against Ruben Dias, gains height and ends up in the depth of the goal of the fallen Ederson.

It is worth noting that this was the first win of Unai Emery’s career against Pep Guardiola (in a total of 14 meetings between the two Spanish managers), with Aston Villa now having 14 consecutive home wins in the Premier League, a club record at league level (had a 14-game winning streak in 1903 and 1931).

• ASTON VILLA: Martines, Konza, Carlos, Torres, Dean (90′ Moreno), Camara, Bailey (85′ Diaby, Luiz, Tielemans (85′ Ramsey), Magin, Watkins (90′ Duran)
• MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Walker, Ruben Diaz, Guardiol, Stones, Akanji, Foden (73′ Bob), Bernardo Silva, Lewis (68′ Kovacic), Alvarez (68′ Nunes), Haaland

The results of the 15th game

• Wolves – Burnley 1:0 (42′ Huang)
• Luton-Arsenal 3-4 (25′ Oso, 49′ Adebayo, 57′ Barkley / 20′ Martinelli, 45′ Jesus, 60′ Havertz, 90+7′ Rice)
• Sheffield-Liverpool 0-2 (37′ Van Dijk, 90+4′ Soboslay)
• Fulham-Nottingham 5:0 (30′ 74′ Igwobi, 34′ 55′ Jimenes, 86′ Kearney)
• Crystal Palace – Bournemouth 0-2 (25′ Senesi, 90+1′ Moore)
• Brighton-Brentford 2-1 (31′ Gross, 52′ Hinselwood / 27′ Penalty. Embeumo)
• Manchester United-Chelsea 2-1 (19′ 69′ McTominay / 45′ Palmer)
• Aston Villa-Manchester City 1:0 (74′ Bailey)
• 12.07. 9:30 p.m Everton-Newcastle
• 12.07. 10:15 p.m Tottenham-West Ham

The program for the 16th matchday

• 12.09. 2:30 p.m Crystal Palace – Liverpool
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Wolves – Nottingham
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Brighton-Burnley
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Sheffield-Brentford
• 12.09. 17:00 o’clock Manchester United – Bournemouth
• 12.09. 19:30 o’clock Aston Villa-Arsenal
• 12.10. 4:00 p.m Luton-Manchester City
• 12.10. 4:00 p.m Fulham-West Ham
• 12.10. 4:00 p.m Everton-Chelsea
• 12.10. 6:30 p.m Tottenham-Newcastle