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Villa Stuns City in Tense Clash at Villa Park
Birmingham, England – In a match filled with tension and cards, Aston Villa managed to overcome Manchester City at Villa Park, with an early goal by M. Cash in the 19th minute, assisted by E. Buendia. The match, corresponding to the ninth day of the Premier League, was characterized by physical and contested play, reflected in the numerous fouls and yellow cards shown by referee Michael Oliver.
Although Manchester City slightly dominated possession of the ball with 52%, Aston Villa seized their opportunity to take the lead. City tried to come back with 17 shots, but only 3 of them found the goal defended by Villa. The *Villains*, for their part, showed defensive solidity and took advantage of their set-piece opportunities, generating 5 corners compared to City’s 6.
The match culminated with the cancellation of a goal by E. Haaland in the 90th minute due to offside, after VAR review, frustrating City’s aspirations to equalize the score. Aston Villa thus took a valuable victory at home, leaving Manchester City with the need to analyze and correct their performance in this match.
Substitutions aston villa: at minute 29 E. Buendia came in and J. Sancho went out., at minute 74 J. McGinn came in and R. Barkley went out., at minute 74 J. Sancho came in and E. Guessand went out., at minute 86 O. Watkins came in and D. Malen went out., at minute 86 L. Digne came in and I. Maatsen went out.
Substitutions manchester city: at minute 61 B. Silva came in and Nico went out., at minute 61 O. Bobb came in and J. Doku went out., at minute 61 J. Stones came in and N. O’Reilly went out., at minute 76 T. Reijnders came in and R. Cherki went out., at minute 84 Savinho came in and O. Marmoush went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Aston Villa
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