Game #5653
Aston Villa
Sunday, 12 February 2023
Lost
11th (-)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Premier League
Manchester City
Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 53,392
Manchester City
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Douglas Luiz | 61' |
MANAGER
Unai Emery | ๐ช๐ธ | 2022-
Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martรญnez | ๐ฆ๐ท |
RB Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB Ezri Konsa | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB Calum Chambers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Lucas Digne | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐จ | ๐ |
M Douglas Luiz | ๐ง๐ท |
M Boubacar Kamara | ๐ซ๐ท |
M Jacob Ramsey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
W Leon Bailey | ๐ฏ๐ฒ | ๐ |
W Emiliano Buendรญa | ๐ฆ๐ท | ๐ |
CF Ollie Watkins | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
MANAGER
Pep Guardiola | ๐ช๐ธ |
Manchester City
GK Ederson | ๐ง๐ท |
RB Kyle Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Aymeric Laporte | ๐ช๐ธ |
CB Rรบben Dias | ๐ต๐น | ๐จ | ๐ |
LB Rodri | ๐ช๐ธ | โฝ |
M Ilkay Gรผndogan | ๐ฉ๐ช | โฝ |
M Kevin De Bruyne | ๐ง๐ช |
M Bernardo Silva | ๐ต๐น |
M Jack Grealish (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
W Riyad Mahrez | ๐ฉ๐ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
CF Erling Haaland | ๐ณ๐ด | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | CF Jhon Durรกn | ๐จ๐ด | for LB Lucas Digne | ๐ซ๐ท | 60โ |
๐ | M John McGinn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | for W Emiliano Buendรญa | ๐ฆ๐ท | 60โ |
๐ | LB รlex Moreno | ๐ช๐ธ | for W Leon Bailey | ๐ฏ๐ฒ | 60โ |
๐ | M Philippe Coutinho | ๐ง๐ท | for W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 76โ |
๐ | RB Matty Cash | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ต๐ฑ | for M Jacob Ramsey | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 76โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | CB Manuel Akanji |๐จ๐ญ| for CF Erling Haaland | ๐ณ๐ด | 46โ |
๐ | CF Juliรกn รlvarez | ๐ฆ๐ท | for CB Rรบben Dias | ๐ต๐น | 46โ |
๐ | M Phil Foden | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Jack Grealish (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 69โ |
๐ | CB Nathan Akรฉ | ๐ณ๐ฑ | for W Riyad Mahrez | ๐ฉ๐ฟ | 85โ |
๐ฅ 12 February 2023, Villa 1-3 Abu Dhabi, Etihad Stadium
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 12 February 2023
Villa become the first side to face Abu Dhabi since, to the surprise of no-one on nodding terms with reality, the Manchester interlopers were charged with โmore than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009 and 2018โ.
In what is described as the biggest financial scandal and financial doping (aka cheating) ever seen in English football, the typically good grace of Abu Dhabi sees chief apologist Guardiola approach matters even handedly - denying any knowledge of how a small, provincial, unsuccessful club became an overnight heavyweight whilst calling any criticism โjealously.โ
Given UEFA found Abu Dhabi guilty of similar charges only for the Court of Arbitration for Sport to find in favour of the club under severe legal pressure there is little confidence that justice will prevail.
Ollie Watkins scores his 34th goal for the club on his 100th appearance (94 Starts) after joining from Brentford under Dean Smith in September 2020 for a then record fee of ยฃ27,720,000 to record W38 D16 L46, 34 Goals, 10 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
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