At 20:30 on the evening of December 21, Beijing time, in the 17th round of the English Premier League, Aston Villa hosted Manchester City.
In the first half, Ortega made an extreme save to keep the goal in the open, Tielemans penetrated the Manchester City defense, Rodgers crossed to assist Duran to break the deadlock on the field, and Villa led 1-0 at half-time; In the second half, Brendan Rodgers fired a low shot at the post and fired a low shot into the cross, before Foden scored his first league goal of the season, but it was too late.
In the end, Aston Villa sent Manchester City 2-1 to nine defeats in the last 12 games in all competitions.
Villa vs Manchester City,Emery lined up in a 4231 formation, with Durán in front, Tielemans behind him, McGinn and Rodgers on both sides, Kamara and Onana in the back, Cash, Consa, Pau Torres and Digne forming a back four, Martinez in goal, and the starters were worth 371 million euros;Pep Guardiola lined up in a 4231 formation, with Haaland in front, Foden behind him, Grealish and B on both sides, Kovacic and Gundogan in the back, Gvardiol, Stones, Akanji, and Lewis in the back four, and Ortega in goal, with a starting value of 679 million euros。
In the Premier League, the vine is gone, how can the melon live? It's a joke, but Pep Guardiola can't do anything about Manchester City in the current slump. Pep Guardiola's failure to straighten out Palmer and Alvarez led to the departure of the two technical players, leaving City uncreative in attack. The starting winger Grealish and Bench B always passed back after brushing the ball twice, Haaland had no back, no fulcrum, no header, no ability to advance with the ball, and this game was invisible again, with only 1 shot on goal and 0 shots on target. In addition, Foden is not creative in attack, and Gundogan is quite old and cannot insert the score. City's system has broken down, but Guardiola can't do anything about it, and nothing good has changed. Villa played very clearly, playing a counter-attack, playing behind the Manchester City defence, and Brendan Rodgers, who was sold by Manchester City for 1.2 million euros, scored a goal in this campaign. Helped Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 at home in a row. Haaland, the most expensive striker in football, is better than Duran? It can only be said that Guardiola's bet on the devil was a big mistake, and he should not let go of Palmer + Alvarez, leaving Haaland to eat cakes, which caused Manchester City to fall into the abyss of the trough and unable to extricate himself.
Full game,Villa managed 45 per cent possession and had 11 shots on goal, just one less than Manchester City, with six on target for both sides。