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Game #5750

Aston Villa

8-4-5, 28 PTS

Saturday, 21 December 2024

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Won

5th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Manchester City

8-3-6, 27 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,345

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Manchester City

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Assist(s): Morgan Rogers | 16’ | John McGinn | 65' |

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 December 2024

Match Statistics

Villa Possession 44.7%
Opposition Possession 55.3%

Villa Shots 11
Opposition Shots 12

Villa Shots on Target 6
Opposition Shots on Target 6

Villa Shots off Target 3
Opposition Shots off Target 5

Villa Blocked Shots 2
Opposition Blocked Shots 1

Villa Touches in Box 17
Opposition Touches in Box 22

Villa Fouls 14
Opposition Fouls 7

Villa Corners 5
Opposition Corners 4

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 December 2024

  • Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | scores for the 4th consecutive game having never before scored in consecutive fixtures to grab his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 74th appearance (16 Starts) and his 12th of the season.

  • Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | gets his 🟩 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 35th start scoring his ⚽ 8th goal and contributing ⚽ 🔥 2 goal involvements in a match for the 2nd time in 🕒 4 games.

  • John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | contributes his ⚽ 🔥 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 245th start (257 Appearances) and his ⚽ 🔥 6th in 🕒 21 games this season and his ⚽ 🔥 3rd in his last 🕒 3 appearances to secure his 🟩 111th win.

  • Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | secures his 🟩 85th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 182nd appearance

  • Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | receives his 🟨 first booking in 🕒 19 games - his longest period without a caution since October 2022.

  • Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | collects his 🟨 35th booking on his 🕒 155th appearance in a Villa shirt (135 Starts) and is second only to John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | as Villa’s current most cautioned player.

  • John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | is 🟨 booked for the 59th time in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 257th appearance and now shares the honour of the most cautioned player in Villa’s history alongside Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1995-06 (308 Appearances). Hendrie however also has 4 🟥 compared to 1.

  • John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | contributes his 🔥 ⚽ 25th goal involvement in 🕒 96 games under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | having contributed 🔥 ⚽ 35 in his previous 🕒 161 games.

  • Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | makes his 🕒 40th appearance under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (24 Starts) and secures his 23rd 🟩.

  • Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | has scored a ⚽ goal every 🕒 91 minutes in 2024-25 having scored ⚽ 12 in the 🕒 1,093 minutes he has been on the pitch so far this season.


  • Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | takes charge of his 🕒 80th League game & secures his 🟩 43rd win (🟩54% Win Rate) delivering an average of 1.81 points per game or 69 points over a 38 game season aka a nailed on top 5 Premier League finish & 🇪🇺European competitiion every season.

  • Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | is the most successful Villa manager ever after 108 games with a points per game rate of 1.77 across all competitions.

  • 🕒 108 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 20 🟥 31 | 1.77. Only Joe Mercer |🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964 comes close. Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022- 1.77; Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964 1.75; John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002 1.70; Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1970-1974 1.67; Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984 1.65


  • This was the 182nd meeting between Villa & Manchester City 🕒 182 🟩 W59 🟨 D42 🟥 L81

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And the 91st home game between the two 🕒 91 🟩 W42 🟨 D26 🟥 L23

  • And the 15th home meeting as Abu Dhabi 🕒 15 🟩 W5 🟨 D3 🟥 L7

  • Villa are unbeaten in their last 3 home games against Abu Dhabi 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

  • First game: 🟩 21 Oct 1899, Villa 2-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

  • Biggest win: 🟩 1 Dec 1900, Villa 7-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

  • Biggest defeat: 🟥 12 Jan 2020, Villa 1-6 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

  • Previous game: 🟩 6 Dec 2023, Villa 1-0 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
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: 2023-24

* Under Investigation

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Abu Dhabi: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 2024-25
Matchday: #25
League Game: #17
Manager Game: #108
Date: Saturday, 21 December 2024
Attendance: 42,345

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🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 2014-
Kick off: 12.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 20 🟥 31 | 1.77

Unai Emery has reached 50 wins faster than any other manager in Villa’s history.

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Bankes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 2014-
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 13 May 2023, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Eddie Smart, Nick Greenhalgh.
Fourth official: Andy Madley
VAR: Darren England
Assistant VAR: Darren Cann.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Emiliano Martínez
🟨 Matty Cash
🟨 John McGinn

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🟨 Josko Gvardiol
🟨 Rico Lewis
🟨 Jack Grealish

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 🟨 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Pep Guardiola | 🇪🇸 |

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Manchester City

GK Stefan Ortega | 🇪🇸 |
CB Josko Gvardiol | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 |
CB John Stones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Manuel Akanji |🇨🇭|
RB Rico Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Mateo Kovacic | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
M İlkay Gündoğan | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
M Bernardo Silva | 🇵🇹 |
W Jack Grealish (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🤡 |
W Phil Foden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Erling Haaland | 🇳🇴 |

Line Ups

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 80’ |
🔁 | W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | for M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’+1 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Kyle Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB John Stones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Sávio Moreira de Oliveira | 🇧🇷 | for M İlkay Gündoğan | 🇩🇪 | 73’ |
🔁 | W Jérémy Doku | 🇧🇪 | for M Mateo Kovacic | 🇭🇷 | 84’ |

Substitutes

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 |
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 |
RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 |
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nathan Aké | 🇳🇱 |
CB Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin De Bruyne | 🇧🇪 |
M James McAtee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nico O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🗒️ Starting XI Cost: €422.20m / £356.65m
🗒️ Subs Cost: €137.70m / £116.32m
🗒️ Team Cost: €559.90m / £472.97m
🗒️ Matchday Squad Cost: €681.20m / £575.44m

🗒️ Full Club Squad Cost excl Loans Out:
* 25 Players €924.80m / £781.22m
* 3x Goalkeepers €40.00m
* 6x Defenders €282.50m
* 3x Full Backs €52.70m
* 7x Midfielders €287.10m
* 5x Wingers €202.50m
* 1x Forwards €60.00m
➡️ Loaned Out : 6 Players : €89.00m / £75.00m

🗒️ Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €1,014m / £856.57m
🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 31

💸 2024-25 Transfers :
🗒️ Players In : 2
🗒️ Players Out : 5
🗒️ Fees Spent : €25.00m / £21.05m
🗒️ Fees Raised : €137.00m / £115.39m
🗒️ Net Spend : -£112.00m / -£94.33m
🗒️ Profit on Sales : +€36.60m / +£30.83m

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Starting XI Home Nation : 4/11
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Team Home Nation : 5/14
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matchday Squad Home Nation : 9/20
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Full Club Squad Home Nation: 9/25

Youth
Starting XI Youth Graduates : 2/11
Team Youth Graduates : 2/14
Matchday Squad Youth Graduates : 5/20
Full Club Squad Youth Graduates : 5/25

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 32 | €17.40m / £14.75m
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 34 | €3.50m / £2.97m

Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 27 | €33.00m / £27.97m
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31 | €22.30m / £18.90m
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 26 | €13.30m / £11.27m

Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 22 | €44.50m / £37.71m
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 31 | €30.00m / £25.43m
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 27 | €15.75m / £13.35m
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | 18 | €7.60m / £6.44m
RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 20 | Youth

Midfielders
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 23 | €59.35m / £50.02m
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30 | €5.90m / £5.00m
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29 | €3.10m / £2.63m
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22 | €9.40m / £7.97m
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 27 | Free
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 24 | Free

Wingers
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 27 | €38.40m / £32.54m
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 27 | €32.00m / £27.12m

Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28 | €34.00m / £28.82m
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 20 | €16.64m / £14.10m

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Stefan Ortega | 🇪🇸 | Free | 32 |
GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free | 39 |

Defenders
CB Josko Gvardiol | 🇭🇷 | €90.00m / £76.27m | 22 |
CB John Stones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €55.60m / £47.12m | 30 |
CB Nathan Aké | 🇳🇱 | €45.30m / £38.39m | 29 |
CB Manuel Akanji |🇨🇭| €20.00m / £16.95m | 29 |
CB Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 19 |

Full Backs
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €52.70m / £44.66m | 34 |
RB Rico Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 20 |

Midfielders
M Kevin De Bruyne | 🇧🇪 | €76.00m / £64.41m | 33 |
M Bernardo Silva | 🇵🇹 | €50.00m / £42.37m | 30 |
M Mateo Kovacic | 🇭🇷 | €29.10m / £24.66m | 30 |
M İlkay Gündoğan | 🇩🇪 | Free | 34 |
M James McAtee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 21 |
M Nico O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 19 |

Wingers
W Jack Grealish (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €117.50m / £99.57m | 29 |
W Jérémy Doku | 🇧🇪 | €60.00m / £50.85m | 22 |
🆕 W Sávio Moreira de Oliveira | 🇧🇷 | €25.00m / £21.05m | 20 |
W Phil Foden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 24 |

Forwards
CF Erling Haaland | 🇳🇴 | €60.00m / £50.85m | 24 |

🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
1. M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23 Nov 2024 [8]

Out on Loan | 15 |
1. M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m, 32, Vasco da Gama
2. M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 20, Shrewsbury
3. GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Crewe
4. W Lewis Dobbin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €11.80m / £10.00m, 19, West Bromwich Albion
5. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Shrewsbury
6. F Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €1.00m / £850k, 21, Stockport
7. RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Preston
8. LB Lino Sousa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 19, Bristol Rovers
9. GK James Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
10. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | €13.50m / £11.44m, 31, Forest
11. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
12. M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €14.00m / £11.89m, 20, Bologna
13. M Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m / £6.80m, 23, Valencia
14. M Rico Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 20, Port Vale
15. M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | €15.00m / £12.71m, 29, Anderlecht

Not Selected | 11 |
1. GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | 20 | Youth
2. CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Youth
3. CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €2.80m / £2.37m
4. CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 31 | €31.00m / £26.27m
5. RB Triston Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
6. M Aidan Borland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | €350k / €294k
7. M Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
8. W Kadan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18 | Youth
9. W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22 | €16.00m / £13.47m
10. F Travis Patterson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
11. F Kobei Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth

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Injury | 3 |
1. M Rodri | 🇪🇸 | €70.00m / £59.32m | 28 |
2. W Oscar Bobb | 🇳🇴 | Free | 21 |
3. CB Rúben Dias | 🇵🇹 | €71.60m / £60.68m | 27 |

Out on Loan | 5 |
1. M Claudio Echeverri | 🇦🇷 | €18.50m / £15.68m, 18, River Plate
2. RB Yan Couto | 🇧🇷 | €6.00m / £5.08m, 22, Dortmund
3. M Kalvin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €49.00m / £41.52m, 28, Ipswich
4. M Máximo Perrone | 🇦🇷 | €11.00m / £9.32m, 21, Como
5. RB Issa Kaboré | 🇧🇫 | €4.50m / £3.81m, 23, Benfica

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🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

**Unai, what are your thoughts on the performance?** "The game plan, we are always planning but we are not always being successful. Today how we started creating goals, we were doing good press and the first five or 10 minutes we were getting some corners. It was important for the confidence we got. We were aggressive and waiting for our moment. "They had two chances to score in the first half and we were defending. The game plan was to get a good position and when we were building up to stop them and progress with the ball. "We did better in the second half, we stopped them and that was the key. We started creating some chances we needed and the confidence was increasing for us and their confidence was going down. It was fantastic how players responded on the field to what we worked on before. **Will you use Kamara and Onana more often in that double pivot?** "When we signed Amadou, we were struggling in the last three months of the last season without Kamara and we needed another player to play as a number six. When he was recovering it depended on how Kamara responded. He has responded very well. High level. The second plan was to sometimes play with both players, understanding our idea and style to get in our structure our capacity to play well offensively and defensively. Youri Tielemans was higher than normal. We can add more options with the players. **What did you make of Morgan Rogers' performance** "I am demanding of him. He has responded very well, being consistent. How he played 90 minutes, scoring goals, helping the team in the process we were building up with the defenders and midfielders. We needed to connect. He was really doing a fantastic job in this situation. One of the qualities he showed was his drives. He did a fantastic drive, he broke the lines and we could get through him. He scored a fantastic goal. **Did you prey on City's lack of confidence?** "Before the match I thought that in case we were responding well, in case we were feeling confident we could get the performance we wanted with the players. The first half we didn’t work completely because we were defending so low. In the second half we were getting more in the attacking third and the consequences were that we scored and the confidence increased more. We played with more personality in the second half and defensively we did a fantastic work in 90 minutes. **What made City vulnerable?** "We were starting the match trying to press strongly and in the first minute we did fantastic. We created the first chance through it. In 90 minutes you have to do more things, with and without the ball. Manchester City are a little bit under the confidence they had normally. The second half was different, we dominated and we scored. Through those circumstances they were feeling worse than even in the first half. **Jhon Duran continues to score...** "He arrived two years ago. He is in a process. Two years ago we lost here 4-2 to Arsenal and were demanding for the striker to be close to the box and Jorginho scored. The minute 60 or 70 today, they had the ball in the box and Duran was there taking the ball and starting our transition. "This is the example. It is good. Two years ago we asked him to do it, now he is doing it. He is scoring too. I think he has big potential and his mixing as well, with the idea we have tactically. I think he is understanding better, his commitment is better than the last two years. He was improving but not getting the level we wanted, now he is there. With Ollie we have to use both but it is very good news for me, the club and the team. They are performing. **Can you finish above City this season?** "It is day 17, we have 28 points, trying to get balance in the table. City are behind us but they are going to get better in the next weeks. We have to try to keep our mentality, to think about the next match and think about the challenge of everything we are facing. We were seventh, my objective now is the next match at Newcastle and trying to keep being consistent more away like we were last year. **How is Diego Carlos?** "He has a small pain for a kick he received in a training session. Yesterday we tried to train with him, but he couldn’t train. I think with more days resting, today and tomorrow, he will be available for the next match in Newcastle. Unai Emery post-match. "We knew it was going to be difficult, they have not had results, but we knew they were going to come firing. "We knew we needed a reaction in the same way as they did. "To a man I thought we were outstanding and I think we deserved the win. I try to thrive in big games and I want to show what I am about - it is nice to perform in the big games. "Sometimes I will do the hard bit and then struggle to find that bit of quality and have that composure. This season I have squandered a few chances that I would have liked to score. "It felt tougher than it probably looked. They make you work and it is so demanding out of possession. We knew we had to be on it from start to finish. On the counter-attack we were good and that's probably why we won the game. "Every day he pushes me, he doesn't let me have a second off. He wants the best for me and that's perfect for me. We have a good working relationship, I am not the only one he has improved. I want to keep going on that trajectory and see where it takes me." Morgan Rogers. "We played really well, some really good football and defended when we needed to. "I saw the space and just tried to pass it as good as I could, so I'm really happy about it. "I was a bit freer in the role my manager asked me to play in. The fact we were on the ball more meant that we could play our game. "It is always calculating the risk, if you want to stay on the ball and be brave. But we really deserved the win. We showed we can play good football." Youri Tielemans.
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🟩 21 Dec 2024, Villa 2-1 Abu Dhabi, Villa Park

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