Aston Villa defeated Manchester City 1-0 on Sunday to celebrate Unai Emery’s third year as manager with a memorable victory thanks to Matty Cash’s first-half goal.
Following their shock defeat by the Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League on Thursday, Villa’s victory was their fourth in a row in the Premier League.
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Villa, who moved into seventh place, won third straight at home over City as a result.
Pep Guardiola’s men went nine games without winning in any competition after falling six points clear of Arsenal.
Tijjani Reijnders fired just over the crossbar from the edge of the area in the sixth minute, almost opening the scoring.
However, Villa began to exert themselves on the field, and the 19th minute saw the turning point.
Emiliano Buendia gave the home side a short corner before releasing a low shot across his body that curled into the bottom corner. The home side controlled the ball until the ball reached the edge of the area.
After Bernardo Silva beat the offside trap, Bernardo Silva hit too close to Emiliano Martinez, who had almost equalized three minutes later.
That was City’s trip to Birmingham’s highlight, with Villa dominating the rest of the match before failing to increase their lead.
John Stones missed a free header with a header from John McGinn from the edge of the box, and Ollie Watkins saw a header blocked from the corner.
McGinn also had a good chance to score early in the second half after hitting a fine strike that was blocked.
City pressed for an equalizer, but Savinho’s fierce shot on the hour was blocked by Pau Torres, who was on the spot to turn over the Brazilian’s second effort.
In the 69th minute, Jadon Sancho had two efforts from a tight angle saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, who came on as the injured Buendia’s opening substitute, who could have doubled the lead.
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