Manchester City celebrate an important win against Aston Villa in the race for the Champions League places. Matheus Nunes scores shortly before the final whistle to make it 2:1.
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- Manchester City win 2-1 against Aston Villa and jump up to third place in the table.
- Matheus Nunes scores the decisive goal in the 4th minute of stoppage time.
- Manuel Akanji makes a mini-appearance after the decisive goal - his second since his return.
Manchester City secured valuable points at the very last minute on their way to the Champions League. Thanks to Matheus Nunes, coach Pep Guardiola's team narrowly won the direct duel with Aston Villa 2:1 (1:1) and thus jumped to third place in the Premier League. The Portuguese Nunes scored the acclaimed winning goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
Bernardo Silva (7th) had taken the lead early on, only for England international Marcus Rashford (18th/foul penalty) to counter. City (61 points) and Villa (57) are right in the thick of the race for the Champions League. Thanks to a strong international season, the Premier League has five guaranteed places in Europe's most prestigious club competition.
Marmoush's goal doesn't count
Liverpool (79) are a certainty, and Arsenal (66) are also hard to dislodge. Behind them, Nottingham (60), Newcastle United (59) and Chelsea FC (57) are also competing with the two Champions League contenders, who fought it out at the Ethiad Stadium on Tuesday.
City and Villa have played one more game than any of their opponents since that evening. Former Frankfurt player Omar Marmoush's supposed winning goal for the hosts (80') was disallowed for offside. But Nunes saved the evening for Guardiola and Co.
Manchester City
Aston Villa
- Bernardo Silva - 1:0 (7.)
- Matheus Nunes - 2:1 (90.+4.)
- (18.) 1:1 - Marcus Rashford
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Liveticker
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Liveticker closed
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90.+7.End of 2nd half
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90.+6.Substitution in Manchester City
Manuel Akanji
Defender
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90.+6.Substitution out Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne
Midfielder
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90.+4.Goal for Manchester City, 2:1 through Matheus Nunes (Jérémy Doku)
Matheus Nunes
Defender
Assist: Jérémy Doku
Striker
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86.Yellow card Manchester City
Bernardo Silva
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86.Substitution in Aston Villa
Donyell Malen
Striker
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86.Substitution out Aston Villa
Morgan Rogers
Midfielder
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85.Yellow card Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins
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77.Yellow card Manchester City
Matheus Nunes
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76.Substitution in Aston Villa
Marco Asensio
Striker
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76.Substitution out Aston Villa
Amadou Onana
Midfielder
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76.Substitution in Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins
Striker
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76.Substitution out Aston Villa
Marcus Rashford
Striker
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74.Substitution in Manchester City
Jérémy Doku
Striker
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74.Substitution out Manchester City
James McAtee
Midfielder
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70.Yellow card Manchester City
Joško Gvardiol
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61.Substitution in Aston Villa
John McGinn
Midfielder
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61.Substitution out Aston Villa
Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder
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61.Substitution in Aston Villa
Axel Disasi
Defender
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61.Substitution out Aston Villa
Matthew Cash
Defender
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50.Yellow card Aston Villa
Morgan Rogers
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46.Kick-off 2nd half
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45.+5.End of 1st half
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35.Yellow card Aston Villa
Lucas Digne
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18.Goal for Aston Villa, 1:1 through penalties from Marcus Rashford
Marcus Rashford
Striker
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7.Goal for Manchester City, 1:0 through Bernardo Silva
Bernardo Silva
Midfielder
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1.Start of the match
