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Man City 2-0 Aston Villa: City go top after hard-earned victory

Man City 2-0 Aston Villa: City go top after hard-earned victory
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Emil Martinez denies Bernardo Silva
Bernardo was denied by Martinez in the fourth minute – he finally broke the deadlock with City’s 25th attempt at goal

Late goals from Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan ended Aston Villa’s resistance as Manchester City moved top of the Premier League for the first time this season, for a few hours at least, with a hard-earned victory.

Pep Guardiola’s side will be knocked off the summit later on Wednesday if Manchester United beat Fulham, but the determination they showed to claim their sixth successive league win underlined that they are here to stay in this title race.

Villa’s first team, playing their first game since New Year’s Day because of a coronavirus outbreak at the club, showed no after-effects of their 19-day hiatus and produced a dogged defensive display.

They held out until the 79th minute, when Rodri controversially stole the ball off Tyrone Mings and fed Bernardo, who brilliantly fired into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Rodri was offside before he returned to an onside position to challenge Mings and Villa manager Dean Smith was sent off for his protests.

It meant he was not there to see Gundogan make sure of the points from the spot soon afterwards after Matty Cash handled a Gabriel Jesus header, in what was a far more straightforward decision for referee Jon Moss.

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Manchester City

Starting XI

  1. Squad number31Player nameEderson
    Average rating

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    6.56

  2. Squad number2Player nameWalker
    Average rating

    5.46

  3. Squad number5Player nameStones
    Average rating


    6.49

  4. Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
    Average rating

    6.84

  5. Squad number27Player nameJoão Cancelo
    Average rating

    6.69

  6. Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
    Average rating

    6.68

  7. Squad number16Player nameRodri
    Average rating

    6.32

  8. Squad number8Player nameGündogan
    Average rating

    6.90

  9. Squad number7Player nameSterling
    Average rating

    5.61

  10. Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva
    Average rating

    6.90

  11. Squad number47Player nameFoden
    Average rating

    7.04

Substitutes

  1. Squad number9Player nameGabriel Jesus
    Average rating

    5.70

  2. Squad number11Player nameZinchenko
    Average rating

    6.08

  3. Squad number26Player nameMahrez
    Average rating

    5.56

Aston Villa

Starting XI

  1. Squad number26Player nameMartínez

    Average rating

    7.36

  2. Squad number2Player nameCash

    Average rating

    6.51

  3. Squad number4Player nameKonsa

    Average rating

    6.63

  4. Squad number5Player nameMings

    Average rating

    6.25

  5. Squad number18Player nameTargett

    Average rating

    6.92

  6. Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz

    Average rating

    6.70

  7. Squad number7Player nameMcGinn

    Average rating

    6.32

  8. Squad number15Player nameTraoré

    Average rating

    6.27

  9. Squad number20Player nameBarkley

    Average rating

    6.05

  10. Squad number10Player nameGrealish

    Average rating

    7.01

  11. Squad number11Player nameWatkins

    Average rating

    6.35

Substitutes

  1. Squad number3Player nameTaylor

    Average rating

    5.64

  2. Squad number21Player nameEl Ghazi

    Average rating

    5.65

  3. Squad number41Player nameRamsey

    Average rating

    5.65

Line-ups

Man City

Formation 4-3-3

31Ederson

2Walker5Stones3Rúben Dias27Cancelo

17De Bruyne16Rodri8Gündogan

7Sterling20Bernardo Silva47Foden

  • 31Ederson
  • 2WalkerSubstituted forZinchenkoat 28′minutes
  • 5Stones
  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 27Cancelo
  • 17De BruyneSubstituted forGabriel Jesusat 59′minutes
  • 16Rodri
  • 8Gündogan
  • 7SterlingSubstituted forMahrezat 72′minutes
  • 20Bernardo Silva
  • 47Foden

Substitutes

  • 9Gabriel Jesus
  • 11Zinchenko
  • 13Steffen
  • 21Torres
  • 22Mendy
  • 25Fernandinho
  • 26Mahrez
  • 50García
  • 82Bernabé

Aston Villa

Formation 4-2-3-1

26Martínez

2Cash4Konsa5Mings18Targett

6Douglas Luiz7McGinn

15Traoré20Barkley10Grealish

11Watkins

  • 26Martínez
  • 2Cash
  • 4Konsa
  • 5Mings
  • 18TargettSubstituted forTaylorat 75′minutesBooked at 86mins
  • 6Douglas Luiz
  • 7McGinnBooked at 67mins
  • 15TraoréSubstituted forEl Ghaziat 68′minutes
  • 20BarkleySubstituted forRamseyat 68′minutes
  • 10Grealish
  • 11Watkins

Substitutes

  • 1Heaton
  • 3Taylor
  • 19Nakamba
  • 21El Ghazi
  • 22Engels
  • 24Guilbert
  • 27El Mohamady
  • 39Davis
  • 41Ramsey

Referee:
Jonathan Moss

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