Game #4860
Aston Villa
Monday, 31 October 2005


Lost
16th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Manchester City
City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 42,069
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
Manchester City
3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Patrik Berger | 65’ |
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 31 October 2005
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Stuart Taylor
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Darius Vassell
🟨 | 22’ Booking, Jlloyd Samuel
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Darius Vassell
🕒 | HT Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Patrik Berger
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-2, Liam Ridgewell, Assist by Patrik Berger
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Eirik Bakke
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Patrik Berger, Sub on, Eric Djemba-Djemba
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-3, (Manchester City), Andrew Cole
🕒 | FT Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa
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
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 31 October 2005
Villa lose for the fourth time in five League games under David O'Leary and have just two wins in twelve Premier League games but the manager claims he knows "what's needed to put it right", just a shame he hadn't done it already.
Villa lose for the 9th time in 16 Premier League games under David O'Leary with just 2 wins as a player who rarely looked a scoring threat in a Villa shirt, Darius Vassell, scores a brace within half an hour of the start of his first match against his former club.
Stuart Taylor makes an emergency debut to become the 788th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.after Thomas Sörensen is injured in the warm up, Taylor, 24, had joined Villa from Arsenal on a free transfer in July 2005.
Liam Ridgewell scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance (31 Starts) to make it W16 D8 L19, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Patrik Berger contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L5, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Off the pitch Villa confirm a takeover approach however Herbert Douglas Ellis does his level best to diminish any possible chance of progress.
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | #788 | Free transfer signing from Arsenal
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Game | #11 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Monday, 31 October 2005
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🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006
🕒 99 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 25 🟥 37 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 Feb 05, Villa 2-1 Portsmouth (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Jlloyd Samuel
CARDS

🟨 Joey Barton
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Stuart Taylor makes his debut in place of Thomas Sörensen as Luke Moore replaces Juan Pablo Ángel.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |
Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 32.37 |
Youngest Player |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 19.73 |
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 | 2003-2006

Aston Villa
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |

Manchester City
GK David James (ex) | 🏴 |
CB David Sommeil | 🇬🇵 | 🔁 |
CB Silvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
CB Matt Mills | 🏴 |
CB Stephen Jordan | 🏴 |
M Joey Barton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
M Lee Croft | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Kiki Musampa | 🇳🇱 |
CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Darius Vassell (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 🔥 | 🔁 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 M Eirik Bakke | 🇳🇴 | for F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 | for W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB David Sommeil | 🇬🇵 | (CB Jihai Sun | 🇨🇳 |)
🔁 | M Lee Croft | 🏴 | (M Antoine Sibierski | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Andrew Cole | 🏴 | (CF Bradley Wright-Phillips | 🏴 |)

🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Geert De Vlieger | 🇧🇪 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
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
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | | 9 | 5* | 0 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 5* | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Thomas Sorensen | 🇩🇰 | | 2* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 5/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 31 Oct 2005, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, City Stadium


MATCH REPORTS






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