In the early morning of December 7, Beijing time, a key match in the 15th round of the English Premier League was played by Aston Villa at home against Manchester City. In the first half, goalkeeper Ederson made a number of saves, goalkeeper Martin made two consecutive saves against Haaland, Douglas Luiz was disallowed for a goal, and in the second half, Leon Bailey scored a goal. In the end, Aston Villa won 1-0 against Manchester City.
As the defending champions, Manchester City has no absolute dominance in the Premier League this season, after being drawn 3-3 by Tottenham Hotspur in the last round, it has won three consecutive league draws, and conceded more than one goal per game, and the standings have fallen to third place, three points behind the top of the table, so that coach Pep Guardiola feels a lot of pressure to defend the title.
In this round, Manchester City away to challenge Unai Emery's Villa, who have been very impressive this season, finishing fourth with 29 points from 14 rounds, just one point away from Manchester City, and have a winning record at home in the Premier League this season.
Specific review of the competition——
In the fifth minute, Villa sent a long ball, Leon Bailey burst into the box and fired a powerful shot, which goalkeeper Ederson saved.
In the 13th minute, Haaland received a direct shot from a teammate and was saved, and then continued to shoot from close range in front of the goal, but was still blocked and missed a good opportunity.
In the 22nd minute, Leon Bailey suddenly shot from the edge of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Ederson lifted the crossbar with one palm.
In the 44th minute, Douglas Luiz scored with a header, but the ball was out of the line when Indigne's cross was made, and the goal was invalidated.
City had just two shots on goal in the first half, while Villa had a whopping 13, the most in the first half of Pep Guardiola's 535 games in charge of the top five leagues.
In the 74th minute, Villa counterattacked quickly, Leon Bailey dribbled to the edge of the penalty area to shake off the defender, and a shot hit the defender and refracted into the net, Manchester City 0-1 into a desperate situation.
At full-time, Villa beat Manchester City 1-0, handing the latter a four-game winless streak.
The victory gave Villa a 14-game winning streak at home, which is not only a team record, but also the longest home winning streak in the Premier League. In addition, Villa boss Unai Emery ended a 13-game winless run against Pep Guardiola.
For Villa, it also ended a winless streak against Manchester City, having last won 3-2 at home in 2013/14 and now breaking a 10-year curse.
For Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, after drawing Chelsea, Liverpool, and Tottenham, they lost to Villa, suffered 4 consecutive rounds of league winlessness, and only got 3 points, not only losing the leader, but also being thrown away by Arsenal and Liverpool in front of them, 6 points behind the top of the table, and the title defense situation is not good.