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Game #5177

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Manchester City

Etihad Stadium

Attendance: 28,015

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

State of Abu Dhabi

2-4

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Aston Villa

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🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Mario Balotelli
🟨 | 45’ Booking, Fabian Delph
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Gareth Barry
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Ron Vlaar
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Aleksandar Kolarov
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-2, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Karim El Ahmadi, Sub on, Chris Herd
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Joe Bennett, Sub on, Eric Lichaj
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Marc Albrighton
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 96’ Goal, 3-2, Charles N’Zogbia
🟨 | 102’ Booking, Charles N’Zogbia
⚽ | 113’ Goal, 4-2, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | AET Manchester City 2-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

  • Villa's second string beat Manchester City's even stronger reserve side to deliver progress into the League Cup 4th Round.

  • Paul Lambert's Villa get respite from their severe problems in the League with a victory as surprising as it was welcome over Gareth Barry and James Milner's high flying Manchester City side. 

  • That the damage was done by players hitherto out of favour with Lambert added to the hope that a side more representative of the talents of the squad would soon be seen in the Premier League.

  • Chris Herd makes his first appearance for a month to make it 30 appearances in a Villa shirt (24 Starts), W8 D10 L12, 2 Goals, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Manchester City

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As Manchester City:

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

As Abu Dhabi:

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆*
FA Cup Winners: 🏆*
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 2011-12

* Under Investigation

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Abu Dhabi: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2012-13 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Tuesday, 25 September 2018

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🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
AET Score: 🟩 4-2
AET Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 1 🟥 3 | 1.43

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Phil Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stoke on Trent, 1998-2016
Matches Officiated: 23
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 Mar 12, Villa 0-3 Arsenal (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Fabian Delph
🟨 Ron Vlaar
🟨 Marc Albrighton
🟨 Charles N'Zogbia

🟨 Aleksandar Kolarov
🟨 Kolo Touré
🟨 Abdoul Razak
🟨 Carlos Tévez

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Shay Given (first start in 5), Gabriel Agbonlahor (first start of the season), Fabian Delph (first start in 4), Andreas Weimann, Joe Bennett (first start) and Charles N'Zogbia (first start in 5) replace Eric Lichaj, Barry Bannan, Brett Holman, Darren Bent, Stephen Ireland and Brad Guzan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.35 |

Oldest Player |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 36.46 |

Youngest Player |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 21.16 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 🔁 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Roberto Mancini | 🇮🇹 |

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Manchester City

GK Costel Pamtillimon | 🇧🇪 |
LB Aleksandar Kolarov | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Kolo Touré | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
CB Matija Nastasić | 🇷🇸 |
M James Milner (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Denis Suárez | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Abdoul Razak | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Carlos Tévez | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
CF Mario Balotelli | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 65’ |
🔁 M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | for M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 | 71’ |
🔁 RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 | for LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Edin Džeko | 🇧🇦 |)
🔁 | M Denis Suárez | 🇪🇸 | (W Scott Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Abdoul Razak | 🇨🇮 | (M Jérémy Hélan | 🇫🇷 |)

Substitutes

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Richard Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Pablo Zabaleta | 🇦🇷 |
M George Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Luca Scapuzzi | 🇮🇹 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI: £41.73m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 8/18

SQUAD STATS

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Team Cost: £205.95m

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/18

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Illness | 1 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 3 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | Stade Rennais
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I am tired with this manager because I didn’t say anything. “I asked the fourth official if it was a yellow card without moving my hands. He [Lambert] comes up to me every time but after this some managers go to bigger stadiums and don’t say anything. I am tired of this, very tired. “I am tired with their behaviour and it’s better that some managers shut up because I didn’t speak with this manager. I asked the fourth official if it was a yellow card and I thought the referee had left his yellow cards in the dressing room.” Roberto Mancini on Paul Lambert, Tuesday, 25 September 2012.
Quotes

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 25 September 2012

*Manchester City suffered a shock Capital One Cup third round extra-time defeat by Aston Villa.* Mario Balotelli drove in a shot to put the home side in front before Gareth Barry turned an Andreas Weimann cross into his own net for Villa’s equaliser. Aleksandar Kolarov’s free-kick put City back ahead but Gabriel Agbonlahor swept in a shot as Villa levelled again. In extra-time, Charles N’Zogbia slotted in after a parried shot by Agbonlahor, whose deflected strike sealed the win. The League Cup may not have been high up on City manager Roberto Mancini’s list of priorities this season but the defeat and the manner of it will be a concern. His side have already conceded 14 goals in seven games this season as City struggle to recapture the defensive qualities which helped them win the Premier League last season. Villa’s win follows a 4-1 league defeat by Southampton on Saturday and will give their manager Paul Lambert plenty of encouragement. City made 10 changes to their team which drew 1-1 with Arsenal on Sunday, although it was going to be 11 before centre-back Joleon Lescott replaced injured Jack Rodwell late on. The alteration appeared to unsettle the home side as they made a sluggish start, while Villa were showing plenty of promise and purpose. Weimann had a shot deflected wide and Christian Benteke blazed an effort over before the visitors lost their concentration and were clinically punished by City. City midfielder James Milner, playing against his former club, found an unmarked Balotelli and he took a touch before driving in a shot for his sixth goal in four games against Villa. The home side came out with more urgency after the break but, like the opener, the second goal came against the run of play as Villa equalised. Weimann delivered a cross into the City area which was palmed out by keeper Costel Pantilimon and deflected off Barry for an own goal. City regained the lead through a superb Kolarov free-kick and appeared set to surge on to victory, with Carlos Tevez firing a free-kick on to the top of Villa crossbar. But the visitors refused to be beaten as they showed fighting spirit and character, which was matched by Lambert on the touchline as he was involved in a confrontation with Mancini following a tackle on the pitch involving Barry and Villa’s Joe Bennett. And it was Agbonlahor who forced extra-time when he used his pace to surge into the area before rifling home. In the extra 30 minutes, City failed to find the guile to break down a resolute Villa side and the visitors capitalised on the counter-attack to knock City out. Pantilimon could only parry Agbonlahor’s shot and N’Zogbia rolled in the rebound. Agbonlahor then scored with a deflected strike, his brace being his first goals since January, to complete the fightback.
Reports

🟩 25 September 2012, Villa 4-2 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium.

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