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5¹ HARRISON knocked the ball to CISSÉ who fired it wide. 6¹ The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot. 7¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed McGINN to play the ball to ALEIX who fired a looping shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Aston Villa) 13¹ A brilliant strike from SÉRGIO GÓMEZ was dealt with by a fine block from OLSEN. 14¹ The 'keeper saved a refined strike from PEDRO PORRO. 15¹ The Manchester City 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from CASH. 19¹ A accurate pass was collected by JONES and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. 30¹ A fine ball from DENDONCKER on the right fell to BAILEY who sliced his effort over. 35¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Aston Villa 'keeper beat the Manchester City defence and WATKINS slammed the ball past the advancing Manchester City 'keeper. (2-0 Aston Villa) 36¹ BAILEY was put clear by HARRISON and he beat LAMMENS but glanced his shot just beyond the far post. 37¹ A corner was collected by CASH who nodded the ball inches over. 40¹ BAILEY nodded the ball wide from just outside the area. 8² SÉRGIO GÓMEZ rattled a simple chance past the near post. 12² GOAL!! An imaginative CISSÉ played a wonderful ball down the middle to WATKINS who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (3-0 Aston Villa) 14² An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of OLSEN by ABRAHAM. 26² SÉRGIO GÓMEZ ran onto a wonderful ball from MAHREZ but dragged his shot wide. 29² A good effort from MAHREZ scraped the outside of the righthand post. 40² A free-kick from SÉRGIO GÓMEZ flew inches wide. 42² A neatly crafted cross from ABRAHAM was fired goalbound by PEDRO GONÇALVES only for OLSEN to block.

Aston Villa   League position: 20 Home league form: XLLL Overall league form: LXLLXLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Robin OLSEN 8  1 7½ Senne LAMMENS Matty CASH 7½ 2 8  PEDRO Antonio PORRO ÁLEX MORENO 5½ 3 6½ Lisandro MARTÍNEZ (c)John McGINN 7  4 7½ Curtis JONES Leander DENDONCKER 7  5 6½ DIEGO CARLOS Santos Modou CISSÉ 6  6 6½ Shea CHARLES Emiliano BUENDIA 6½ 7 6½ Riyad MAHREZ(c) Leon BAILEY 7  8 6½ SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin (p)Ollie WATKINS 7  9 8  Tammy ABRAHAM(p) (f)ALEIX García 6  10 6  Jordan VERETOUT(f) Jack HARRISON 6½ 11 6½ PEDRO António GONÇALVES Manager DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares    12    Miguel ALMIRON Calum CHAMBERS    13    Stefan ORTEGA Carney CHUKWUEMEKA    14    Layvin KURZAWA Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON 6  15    Tommy DOYLE Cameron ARCHER    16    Finley BURNS

Manchester City   League position: 12 Away league form: WLXX Overall league form: XWLLOXXW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Aston Villa 3 Manchester City 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 28,747, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Keith Hill 6) Aleix 7¹, Watkins 35¹, Watkins 12² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   Álex MorenoóAugustinsson 36²           6 1 11 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 1 5 48% 52% ¶ Man of the match: Pedro Antonio Porro ¶