English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 24, 2026
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Manchester City DWWWD 1
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MNC101
Etihad Stadium · 60,332 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Pep Guardiola's Man City farewell spoiled by defeat to Aston Villa

Pep Guardiola was unable to sign off with one last victory as his glorious Manchester City reign ended in a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
3
47.5
Possession
52.5
12
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
397
Accurate Passes
426
440
Passes
481
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
1
8
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.1
40
Long Balls
30
20
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
19
Effective Tackles
6
28
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
7
37
Effective Clearances
15
37
Clearances
15

Highlights

02:14 Burley: No guarantee Man City's success continues without Guardiola Watch on ESPN 00:54 Pep Guardiola applauded out of final Man City press conference Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-2

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 6Nathan AkéLB
  5. 82Rico LewisRB
  6. 20Bernardo SilvaCM-L
  7. 14Nico GonzálezCM-R
  8. 4Tijjani ReijndersCF-L
  9. 47Phil FodenCF-R
  10. 26SávioAM-L
  11. 42Antoine SemenyoAM-R

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 40Marco BizotG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 16Andrés GarcíaRB
  6. 6Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 21Douglas LuizLM
  8. 26Lamare BogardeRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 0. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Andrés García.
  3. 47' Goal! Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  4. 58' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Antoine Semenyo.
  5. 59' Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Bernardo Silva.
  6. 61' Goal! Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 2. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a through ball following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  7. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Douglas Luiz because of an injury.
  8. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Amadou Onana replaces Lamare Bogarde.
  9. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Pau Torres replaces Victor Lindelöf.
  10. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  11. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Nathan Aké.
  12. 78' Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces John Stones.
  13. 82' Rico Lewis (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Ross Barkley.

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