Aston Villa’s Unai Emery broke the curse.
Erling Haaland had a difficult night at Villa Park. EPA / AOP
Manchester City suffered a stomach blow in Wednesday’s Premier League round. Aston Villa defeated City 1-0 at home.
In the 74th minute, the Jamaican Leon Bailey drove from half the field all the way to the edge of the penalty area. After a little setup, he fired with his right foot, and at the same moment, City’s top scorer Ruben Dias stretched forward. The ball bounced irresponsibly from Dias’ foot into the top corner.
To top it all off, City completely collapsed after the hosts hit. It was not able to play out from under the press. At the end, Aston Villa created the better scoring opportunities.
During the entire 90 minutes, the visiting team was able to create two scoring attempts.
At the same time, one curse was broken. For the manager of Aston Villa For Unai Emery the victory was the first of his career Pep Guardiola’s of the piloted team. Wednesday’s meeting was the 14th for the two.
With the win, Aston Villa overtook City in the league table and moved up to third.
Manchester United has quietly overtaken fifth-placed Tottenham. United toppled Chelsea on Wednesday and are now level with Spurs on 27 points.
The name of the evening was unexpected Scott McTominay. The Scot gave United the lead in the opening period. Chelsea leveled up, but in the second period, McTominay was in the right place again. The midfielder scored his second goal of the night in a 2–1 win.
United have won four of their last five matches.
Liverpool did not disappoint
Many expected Liverpool to knock Sheffield United into the ground in Wednesday’s round. However, the Premier League jumbo team managed to keep the readings tolerable on their home field.
Liverpool won the match 2–0. A Dutch couple Virgil van Dijk hit in the opening period, and Dominik Szoboszlai embellished the numbers only in extra time.
Liverpool is second in the Premier League, two points away from the top team Arsenal.
Fulham was responsible for Wednesday’s biggest win. The London club defeated Nottingham Forest by no less than 5-0.