Manchester City's Bad Record Continues, Losing To Aston Villa 1-2

Manchester City lost to Aston Villa 1-2 (Instagram/@mancity).

JAKARTA - Manchester City have not been able to get out of minor performance during the 17th week of the 2024 Premier League against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday, December 21, 2024, WIB night.

Guardiola's troops must recognize the advantage of the host with a final score of 1-2.

Morgan Rogers inspired Aston Villa's victory by contributing one goal and one assist.

A brilliant start made Villa almost score in 20 seconds. The goal that was awaited only arrived in the 16th minute through Jhon Duran.

The goal began when Youri Tielemans sent Rogers a beautiful through ball, whose bait was directly converted by Duran in a free position.

Duran extended his slick record. He started in the third league match in a row and has scored in all three matches.

The 1-0 advantage lasted until halftime.

Entering the second half, Villa Park thundered again in the 65th minute when Rogers converted captain John McGinn's pass into a goal.

He finished the assist with a low-kick, making Guardiola shake his head out of frustration.

Manchester City, which had six shots into the net and 55 percent of possession seemed to have difficulty reducing the gap.

It was only in the 90+3 minute that the anticipated goal arrived. Phil Foden is on the scoreboard taking advantage of Lucas Digne's mistake from Villa.

However, the goal did not help prevent Manchester City from losing. The match ended 2-1 for Aston Villa.

An additional three points overtook The Citizens into fifth place in the Premier League standings. While Manchester City dropped to sixth place with 27 points, one point clear of Aston Villa.

The negative record was the defeat of Guardiola's nine foster children in 12 matches in all competitions.