I wrote yesterday that Villa is not an easy opponent for Man City and now Villa are in third place in the standings... I thought that City would score, but Villa won with a minimum of one goal... It was a good match... Today it will be interesting to watch the game Spurs vs Hammers...
But indeed the 3-point result for Aston Villa in this match made another surprise because I understood when they were not an easy opponent but my expectations were only for a draw or victory for Manchester City but in this match it was exactly the opposite.
This is a series of unpleasant results for Manchester City because 4 matches done ended with 1 loss and 3 draws really made them lose a lot of points at the moment and immediately thrown to 4th place.
Now Pep really has to be able to get up at this time because if in the end they receive results like this mid-season for Manchester City will obviously be unpleasant to do.
Aston Villa just crushed Manchester City in this match. Aston Villa had 22 shots on goal, compared to 2 for Manchester City and were lucky that Aston Villa scored only one goal, the one that was canceled is not considered, because before the goal the ball really went over the line and canceled it correctly. This is a failure of Manchester City without reservations, they had no chance and considering the previous matches, Guardiola has something to think about. There was no such competition in the EPL last season. Liverpool were caught in a generational change and were unstable, Arsenal lacked character, Chesley were out of contention and Aston Villa were mid-table. Now Emery has knocked Manchester City out of 4th place and are clearly a medal contender this season.
Emery is probably the best acquisition of Aston Villa in recent years.
Pep Guardiola certainly didn't expect his team to lose to Unai Emery's team
However, it is normal in football games that there are losers and there are winners. Aston Villa's strength is truly amazing because they were able to beat Manchester City and indeed the situation is very favorable because they are at home. Last season, Manchester City became champions, and Pep Guardiola would have never thought that Manchester City could fall in the rankings like now. and I think Liverpool have to be alert because Aston Villa could take the ranking currently occupied by Liverpool, and I think Aston Villa is a big threat to other strong teams, but in the next match, Aston Villa must be able to beat Arsenal, which is the strongest team at the moment, but Remembering Arsenal's strength when they played against Luton yesterday, he didn't maintain his performance because he conceded 3 goals. So in the next match there will definitely be a fierce match because Aston Villa will definitely want to move up to a higher ranking. Yes, Aston Villa's current position is a dangerous position for Liverpool and Arsenal.
However, it seems that in the next match Liverpool will have great potential to increase their advantage because the team they are opposing, namely Crystal Palace, is currently ranked 14th.
It seems like Unai Emery wants to bring Aston Villa to be the best this season.