--- source: thedugout.football generated: 2026-10-24T12:50:46.913Z last_updated: 2026-10-24T10:00:30+00:00 data_provider: API-Football canonical: https://thedugout.football/clubs/manchester-city/news/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL2Zvb3RiYWxsL2xpdmUvMjAyNi9vY3QvMjQvYXN0b24tdmlsbGEtdi1tYW5jaGVzdGVyLWNpdHktcHJlbWllci1sZWFndWUtbGl2ZQ --- # Aston Villa v Manchester City: Premier League – live - **Source:** - **Published:** 24 Oct - **Club:** Manchester City - **Original URL:** https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/24/aston-villa-v-manchester-city-premier-league-live Key events1m agoGOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Man City (Jackson 60)8m agoGOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Man City (Haaland 52)15m agoHalf-time substitutions28m agoHalf time: Aston Villa 1-0 Man City37m ago40 min: Great tackle by Dias!49m ago28 min: Ndiaye hits the post!1h agoGOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Man City (Jackson 6)2h agoTeam news: Foden back on the bench3h agoPreambleRob SmythSat 24 Oct 2026 08.48 EDTFirst published on Sat 24 Oct 2026 06.00 EDTShareKey events1m agoGOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Man City (Jackson 60)8m agoGOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Man City (Haaland 52)15m agoHalf-time substitutions28m agoHalf time: Aston Villa 1-0 Man City37m ago40 min: Great tackle by Dias!49m ago28 min: Ndiaye hits the post!1h agoGOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Man City (Jackson 6)2h agoTeam news: Foden back on the bench3h agoPreamble1m ago08.48 EDTGOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Man City (Jackson 60)Ibrahim Mbaye has made a goal within seconds of coming on! 2m ago08.48 EDT60 min: Villa substitution Ibrahim Mbaye is on for Alysson. 2m ago08.48 EDT59 min Doku curls wide from distance after a trademark run infield. 2m ago08.48 EDT58 min A ferocious clearance from Khusanov hits Manzanbi in a very personal space. He falls over, then rolls off the field in serious pain. It’s a very cold day, so I feel his pain, but at least they’re not playing with a Mitre Mouldmaster. 4m ago08.45 EDT57 min Incidentally, Haaland has now scored 13 goals in his last nine games. And that’s without any hat-tricks. 5m ago08.45 EDT56 min: Good save by Suzuki! Doku cuts inside from the left and fires an angled pass into the underlapping Gvardiol. He takes the ball in his stride like a seasoned No10 and whacks a rising drive that is pushed over well by Suzuki. Updated at 08.46 EDT6m ago08.44 EDT55 min Now Cash is booked for a poor – possibly accidental – tackle on Doku. His studs went into the back of Doku’s foot, probably just below the achilles. 6m ago08.43 EDT54 min Manzanbi is booked for delaying a City restart. Villa are on the ropes. 7m ago08.42 EDTA clinical finish from Erling Haaland brings City level. Ndiaye, who has been excellent on the right, beat Manzanbi with a stepover and clipped an inviting cross to the far post. Haaland got up early, ahead of Lindelof, and slammed a downward header into the net from six yards. 8m ago08.41 EDTGOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Man City (Haaland 52)See 48 min. Updated at 08.45 EDT11m ago08.39 EDT50 min A promising City attack ends when Anderson overhits a cross from the De Bruyne Zone. He normally measures his crosses expertly from that position. On this occasion, the ball flies out of play and the home fans whistle with disdain. Updated at 08.40 EDT12m ago08.38 EDT48 min That header, by the way, was only Haaland’s ninth touch of the game. It’s the tenth, eleventh and twelfth that Villa will be worried about. 14m ago08.36 EDT47 min Villa break after an errant pass from Lewis. Eventually Maatsen pings a shot that ricochets behind for a corner. Cash takes, Haaland wins it in the air and City eventually clear. 14m ago08.35 EDT46 min Back under way. Khusanov has moved infield to centre-back. 15m ago08.34 EDTHalf-time substitutionsManchester City have brought on Phil Foden and Rico Lewis for Marc Guehi and Rayan Cherki. 27m ago08.22 EDTHalf-time reading I’m looking forward to Older and Calmer, a duet between Jose and Indigo De Souza. 28m ago08.21 EDTHalf time: Aston Villa 1-0 Man CityA raw, compelling first half at Villa Park. Nicolas Jackson’s early goal capped a ferocious start from Villa – who had more than 90% of the possession at that stage – and set up a fascinating clash of styles. City dominated the ball for the rest of the half: the impressive Iliman Ndiaye hit the post and was one of two City players to have penalty appeals turned down. But Villa, with Jackson and John McGinn outstanding, were a constant menace in transition. In short: cracking game, more please! 31m ago08.18 EDT45 min One minute of added time. Cherki’s curving pass towards Haaland is cut out by the last defender Lindelof. There was a lot of grass behind Lindelof but Cherki didn’t quite get the pass right. 33m ago08.17 EDT44 min Ndiaye’s deflected cross is claimed at the second attempt by Suzuki. City’s wide players have been a big threat. 35m ago08.14 EDT42 min Pound for pound, Unai Emery is the best manager in the world: discuss. (I don’t know whether I think this, but it’s surely up for discussion. It’s astonishing that he has them playing this well so soon after losing Martinez, Konsa, Digne, Rogers, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins.) 37m ago08.12 EDT40 min: Great tackle by Dias!Alysson moves elegantly into the area from the right, hugging the ball on his left foot. He zig-zags between Dias and another City player and is about to shoot – probably score – when Dias makes a fabulous recovery tackle. 39m ago08.11 EDT38 min Cherki loses the ball to Manzanbi, pulls him back to stop a Villa break and is booked. Villa have kept Cherki very quiet in his day job. 41m ago08.09 EDT37 min There’s a cracking atmosphere at Villa Park: constant hostility from the home fans, period defiance from the away end. Another good run from Doku leads to a City corner. Enzo Fernandez takes, Kamara heads away at the near post. 43m ago08.06 EDT34 min … and Manzanbi whacks it over the bar. A poor effort by his standards. 44m ago08.06 EDT33 min The free-kick is just outside the area, slightly to the left of centre… Updated at 08.06 EDT44m ago08.05 EDT32 min Guehi is booked for fouling Jackson just outside the area. It was a bit of a wrestling match, and Guehi didn’t think he’d committed the foul. The home fans, by contrast, thought it should have been a Dogso red card. I’m pretty sure there was a covering defender. With Villa seeing very little of the ball in the last 25 minutes, Nicolas Jackson has been fantastic. 45m ago08.04 EDT31 min Now City want a penalty when Maatsen, who is really struggling, misses a lunging tackle at Ndiaye, who then goes over. Hard to tell whether he was fouled or whether he slipped. It was clumsy from Maatsen but it’s been cleared by VAR. Updated at 08.08 EDT47m ago08.03 EDT31 min “I’ve come late to the MBM and need to warn you not to put ideas into people’s heads,” writes Richard Hirst. “At the rate Man City are collecting points a 50 point deduction would be nowhere near enough to ensure that they finish below Fulham.” 47m ago08.02 EDT30 min Manzanbi goes over in the area after running into Anderson. The Villa fans want a penalty but the referee isn’t interested; nor are VAR. It looked like Anderson just stood his ground. 48m ago08.02 EDT29 min “Fantastic reading in the lee of Mt Ventoux that Villa have taken the lead,” writes Mike Daniels. “Nowhere to watch but thanks for the live report.” You are most welcome. 49m ago08.01 EDT28 min: Ndiaye hits the post!Ndiaye been so sharp on the right. He cuts inside again, away from Maatsen, and sweps a left-foot curler across goal from the edge of the area. It beats the diving Suzuki, bounces up and hits the outside of the far post. 50m ago07.59 EDT26 min A quick free-kick from McGinn, whose football brain is as big as his backside, leads to a corner that is punched away by Donnarumma. Terrific game, this - the clash of styles, the tempo, the slight edge that is going to lead to a shoving match any minute now. 52m ago07.58 EDT24 min Another good run from Doku forces Villa into some desperate defending. They are simultaneously hanging on at 1-0, and threateningt to make it 2-0 whenever they break. 55m ago07.54 EDT21 min Doku crackles past Alysson on the edge of the area and fires a low cross at Cherki. He sweeps a first-time shot towards goal and Suzuki falls on the ball to his left. Comfortable save. Suzuki then belts the ball downfield and out for a throw-in in the City half. “If in doubt, ping one out,” says the TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher. 1h ago07.52 EDT19 min Enzo Fernandez appeals for a penalty after a slight shove from Joao Gomes. Villa break, with Jackson all alone. He runs at a backpedalling defence before dragging a shot wide from the edge of the area. Updated at 07.53 EDT1h ago07.51 EDT17 min Loads of City pressure now, though Villa are a constant threat on the break. 1h ago07.46 EDT13 min: Fine save by Suzuki! This is a cracking match. Ndiaye cuts inside from the right, beats two defenders and curls a fast left-foot shot towards the corner from 20 yards. Suzuki dives a long way to his right to push it away with both hands. 1h ago07.41 EDT9 min That’s woken City up. Gvardiol breaks into the area and reverse a cross that is deflected behind by Lindelof. 1h ago07.40 EDTDias’s risky crossfield pass was miscontrolled on the right by Guehi, allowing McGinn to push the ball into the penalty area for Jackson. He shuffled back inside Anderson, whose attempted tackle was a bit lazy, and lifted an emphatic sidefoot finish past Donnarumma. That was so cool from Jackson, who already has six goals for Villa. Updated at 07.43 EDT1h ago07.39 EDTGOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Man City (Jackson 6)Nicolas Jackson caps a blistering start from Aston Villa! Updated at 07.43 EDT1h ago07.38 EDT6 min … which almost leads to a goal. McGinn took it short on the left, got it back and picked out the onrushing Alysson on the edge of the area. His fierce first-time shot was crucially blocked by Guehi. Villa have had 92% possession. Yep. 1h ago07.37 EDT5 min Donnarumma is penalised for taking too long over the goalkick, so Villa have a bonus corner… 1h ago07.37 EDT4 min Villa work the ball nicely across the face of the City area before Cash’s cross is turned behind by Guehi. McGinn drives a long corner to Maatsen, whose sidefoot volley flies over the bar. 1h ago07.34 EDT2 min Guehi makes a good sliding tackle on Manzambi just outside the area. Villa have started well. 1h ago07.33 EDT1 min The players take a knee before Villa kick off from right to left as we watch. 1h ago07.32 EDTThere’s another big lunchtime game in the WSL. You can join Billy Munday for that. 1h ago07.29 EDTSaying which, there’s a sudden chorus of boos – I’m not exactly sure why because the TV coverage is showing the Villa line-up. 1h ago07.29 EDTThe players walk out of the tunnel, into the Birmingham rain. It doesn’t sound espeically hostile, although you can’t always tell on TV. The City fans are once again tooled up with inflatable bananas. 1h ago07.25 EDT“Hi Rob,” writes Gary Naylor. “Barreling down the péage from Girona to Avignon, having spent the morning in the Dali Museum (still a third rater if you ask me), I have a moral dilemma. Can we ask Grok to direct us to a bar showing the Everton match? Or would that be shaking hands with both the AI and Musk devils? It was easier when you just had to wait until Monday afternoon and pick up a Guardian International for 50 francs.” Heh. I remember reading Austria Vienna 5-1 Manchester United in the results section in August 1991. That was – and still is – the extent of my knowledge about the game. The papers didn’t cover the game, because it was still the cricket season. Updated at 07.28 EDT2h ago07.10 EDTEnzo Maresca on the omission of Phil Foden double quotation markThe good thing is that because we play so many games we have so many players available and to choose from. We want to keep the players fresh and fit. Joking and next!ing aside, it’s a sign of the times that Foden scored a hat-trick on Wednesday yet most people expected him to be left out today. Updated at 07.15 EDT2h ago06.57 EDTElliot Anderson has been chatting to TNT Sports. When asked whether he expected City to receive another hostile reception – this is their first away game since Anfield – he chuckled and said: “Yeah, probably. Everywhere we go, we’ll get it.” 2h ago06.53 EDTOn this day in 2022… Unai Emery was appointed as Villa’s head coach. The jury were released a long time ago. 2h ago06.49 EDTUnai Emery’s pre-match thoughts double quotation markIt’s a huge, huge challenge today. They are a team who try to dominate, to impose their positioning, their skills and their tactical structure. We must be so intense in our focus and in our actions. Then, when we have the ball, we have try to threaten them. It’s a huge challenge, collectively and individually, against the best team in the league right now. Updated at 07.15 EDT2h ago06.38 EDTCity have been beaten on their last three visits to Villa Park: 1-0 December 2023, 2-1 in December 2024 and 1-0 last October. Villa also won at the Etihad in May, which sealed their first league double over City since 1962-63. What does it all mean? Updated at 06.45 EDT2h ago06.31 EDT“There are no coincidences in life,” writes Krishnamoorthy V. “Your mention of The Shining in the preamble connects to The Overlook Hotel. Is it a reference to what the Premier League will do in its assessment of City’s appeal?” You are the caretaker. 2h ago06.30 EDTTeam news: Foden back on the benchUnai Emery and Enzo Maresca continue their policy of rotation, rotation, rotation. Matty Cash, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara and Johan Manzambi return to the Villa team in place of Tyrone Mings, Ibrahim Mbaye, Ross Barkley and Emi Buendia. Phil Foden, who scored a hat-trick against AEK in the week, is back on the City bench. Marc Guehi, Iliman Ndiaye, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland come into the team; the other players to drop out are Rico Lewis, Allan and Floyd Samba. Aston Villa (4-2-3-1) Suzuki; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Joao Gomes; Alysson, Manzambi, McGinn; Jackson. Subs: Bizot, Mings, Barkley, Buendia, Mbaye, Bogarde, Goretzka, Madjo, Hemmings. Man City (4-2-3-1) Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernandez; Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku; Haaland. Subs: Rulli, Kovacic, Ait Nouri, Vitor Reis, Bouaddi, O’Reilly, Foden, McAidoo, Lewis. Referee Peter Bankes (Merseyside) Updated at 07.26 EDT3h ago06.14 EDTBayern Munich say their head coach Vincent Kompany, who was taken to hospital after collapsing during training on Friday, will be absent for “weeks rather than days”. Kompany is in a stable condition in hospital. You can read about that, and all the rest of the day’s fitba news, on our matchday live blog. 3h ago06.11 EDTIt was five months ago but it feels a lot longer. When these two sides met in May to finish the season, the contest doubled as Pep Guardiola’s leaving party after 10 years in the job and twice as many trophies, an era now laden with asterisks. It must be surreal for Aston Villa supporters, too. Their 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium, inspired by two goals from Ollie Watkins to complete a league double over City, came only four days after their Europa League triumph in Istanbul, where Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers and Emi Buendía were the scorers. Buendía is the only one left in claret and blue as Unai Emery builds a new side, one that has picked up in form after a single point from their first four league games. City, meanwhile, are thriving on the pitch: victory would make them just the third side to win their first eight games of a Premier League season. 3h ago06.00 EDTPreambleYou remember Manchester City, don’t you? They made one or two headlines earlier in the month, but have since been kept off the back pages by a neighbouring circus. Since the weird (and wonderful, if you’re a City fan) win at Anfield, Enzo Maresca’s team have played three games, all at home. They were undressed by PSG, held off Ipswich last weekend and hammered AEK on Tuesday. Oh, and Elliot Anderson made the James Bond shortlist. City are top of the Premier League with a perfect record of seven wins from seven. But like life, The Shining and those dreams in which all your teeth fall out, nobody really knows what it means. City are on 21 points, but for all we know it could effectively be -29. Yes, I have just pulled that number from my fundament. No, I don’t have any inside knowledge. The only thing the City players – who, lest we forget, had nowt to do with the 115 charges – can win football matches and see where it takes them. Today’s will be tougher than most. Unai Emery has somehow squashed a year of transition into a month. Villa lost six of their Europa League-winning XI in the summer and started the season terribly. But they have won five of the last six games and are playing with a rhythm that belies the summer rebuild. On recent evidence, losing all those great players really was just a flesh wound. Kick off 12.30pm.