Game #4119
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 5 September 1990


Lost
18th (-5)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Manchester City
Maine Road
Attendance: 30,199
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
Manchester City
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 5 September 1990
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City, pen), Mark Ward
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Neil Pointon
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-2, David Platt (pen)
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Derek Mountfield, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Paul McGrath, Deliberate handball
🟨 | Booking, Chris Price, Dissent
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 5 September 1990
Villa lose in a game they dominate as the City 'keeper is forced to make multiple saves to deny Tony Daley 🏴, Gordon Cowans 🏴, David Platt 🏴 and Kevin Gage 🏴 before the home side are awarded a soft penalty by referee John Watson for which replays confirmed what the naked eye saw in real time - that no contact had been made.
Watson doubled down on the controversy by refusing Villa a spot kick for a clear shove on David Platt 🏴 with City hitting a second on the break as Villa continued to take the game to them.
Unlucky thought the defeat was Villa make it one point from nine in the first division as they fall to 18th in the table under Jozef Vengloš 🇨🇿.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (124 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W59 🟨 D26 🟥 L40, ⚽ 12 Goals and 🔥 13 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Paul McGrath 🇮🇪 collects his 🟨 first booking in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 50th appearance.
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Manchester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Wednesday, 5 September 1990
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🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: John Watson | 🏴 | Whitley Bay, 1986–1995 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 1 🟥 2 | 0.33
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Watson | 🏴 | Whitley Bay, 1986–1995 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Jozef Vengloš names an unchanged line up for the first time.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.53 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 32.10 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 22.90 |
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MANAGER
Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | 1990-1991

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M David Platt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cascarino | 🇮🇪 |
MANAGER
Howard Kendall | 🏴 |

Manchester City
GK Andy Dibble | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Neil Pointon | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
LB Mark Ward | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴 |
M Paul Lake | 🏴 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴 |
M Peter Reid | 🏴 |
M Adrian Heath (ex) | 🏴 |
W David White | 🏴 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | for CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴 | 84' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Mark Ward | 🏴 | (CB Steve Redmond | 🏴 |)

🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Clive Allen | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Ian Olney | 🏴 | | 69 | 18* | 14 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 23* | - | - | 4 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | | 1* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 5 Sep 1990, Villa 1-2 Manchester City, Maine Road


MATCH REPORTS
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