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United States Aston Villa vs Man City LIVE: Premier League team news and more
Villa will be difficult - Pep
Aston Villa host Manchester City in the Premier League desperately needing to pick up points after losing their last three games. Manager Steven Gerrard remains under heavy pressure after their loss to Arsenal on Wednesday in which Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli gave the Gunners a 2-1 win.
The Villans only have a solitary win thus far - 2-1 against Everton - and sit second bottom in the table after four defeats from five games. New faces could turn their form around with deadline day signings Leander Dendoncker and Jan Bednarek providing more top-flight experience to Gerrard’s side.
However, they have a thankless task ahead of them as they take on Pep Guardiola’s Man City this evening. The champions are in rampant form and come into the fixture on the back of a 6-0 thrashing of newly-promoted Nottingham Forest in midweek. Erling Haaland is the division’s most in form player after scoring hat-tricks in back-to-back outings and looks set for more goals at Villa Park.
City sit second in the table and with first-placed Arsenal facing a resurgent Manchester United tomorrow they know the possibility is there to end the weekend top of the pile if they collect three points against Aston Villa tonight.
Follow all the action as Aston Villa face Manchester City in the Premier League:
- Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, McGinn, Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Ramsey, Watkins, Bailey
- Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Cancelo, Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden, Haaland
- 5’ CHANCE! Walker in on goal and blazes high and wide with Haaland waiting for a tap-in, 0-0
29 mins: Matty Cash can’t play on and now does get replaced with Ashley Young for Aston Villa.
City have a corner that’s played short to Bernardo who gives it to De Bruyne on the wing. De Bruyne sends in a cross and Douglas Luiz scurries it away.
Gundogan collects the loose ball, plays it over to Cancelo on the right and his cross sails over everyone before bouncing out for a goal kick.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:58
26 mins: 37-year-old Ashley Young is called on to get stripped and ready but Cash has hobbled back onto the pitch.
John McGinn gets tackled by De Bruyne who puts a teasing ball back into the middle but can’t pick out a team mate. City recover the ball through Foden who guides it inside.
Villa then push out and the visitors knock the ball back to their defensive line.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:56
23 mins: Matty Cash has gone to ground and looks to have a problem with his left leg. The physios are checking him over but there’s been a lenghty break in play here.
He might have pulled a hamstring.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:53
20 mins: Close! Cash does well initially to keep Foden in check and Douglas Luiz takes the ball of the City man. He gives it back to Cash whose clearance is poor and comes straight to De Bruyne.
De Bruyne lays the ball off to Joao Cancelo who shifts it onto his right foot and drills one at goal winning a corner when the ball deflects out of play.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:51
17 mins: Lucas Digne floats a free kick into the box for Aston Villa and picks out Tyrone Mings who heads the ball back across goal. Ollie Watkins is around but the ball falls to Gundogan and City boot it clear.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:47
14 mins: Chance! Huge opportunity for Man City. Kevin De Bruyne drifts out to the right wing and receives the ball before whipping an incredible cross into the box.
Ilkay Gundogan spilts the Villa centre-backs, lunges at the ball and just misses it. A touch from the midfielder there and it’s a goal.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:45
11 mins: Nice work from Bernardo Silva to shift the ball away from Tyrone Mings and lay it off to Rodri. He flicks a pass over to Phil Foden on the left side of the box but Foden handles the ball.
It bounces to Matty Cash who plays it away from the box and the referee lets play go on as Aston Villa regain possession.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:41
8 mins: Gundogan makes a run into the box and Kevin De Bruyne attempts to pick him out with a cross field pass from the right-back position.
It’s a decent ball but too far away from the midfielder who can’t reach it as it lands inside the box. Emi Martinez watches it safely out of play.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:38
5 mins: There it is! The ball comes to Erling Haaland who has his back to goal. He knocks it back to Ilkay Gundogan who rolls the ball into the right side of the box to meet Kyle Walker’s run.
Haaland’s spun off his marker and made it into the six-yard box waiting for the pass but Walker goes for goal and blasts it over the top.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:36
3 mins: It’s been a slow start from both teams. Aston Villa have been unable to play through Man City with the visitors patiently waiting for their opportunity to strike.
Michael Jones3 September 2022 17:34
