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Game #4188

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 December 1991

Aston Villa

3-1

Manchester City

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,265

Won

7th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Steve Staunton | 26' | Paul McGrath | 40' | Les Sealey | 70' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa bounce back from consecutive defeats to beat Manchester City as Tony Daley - playing as a striker in the absence of Dalian Atkinson - hits another screamer to round off the scoring and send Villa 7th.

KEY MAN

Tony Daley, superb volley.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 December 1991

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis, Assist by Steve Staunton
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Paul McGrath
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-1, (Manchester City), David White
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Les Sealey
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Manchester City

🔁 | Sub off, Mark Blake, Sub on, Ugo Ehiogu

ON THIS DAY

Ron Atkinson's Villa return to winning ways after successive top flight defeats as Tony Daley scores one of his best goals for the club.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Manchester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Saturday, 7 December 1991

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 23 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 5 🟥 8 | 1.52

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 April 1991, Villa 1-5 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Tony Daley replaces Dalian Atkinson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.26 |

Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.21 |

Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.11 |

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Peter Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Pointon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Adrian Heath (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mike Sheron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | (M Michael Quigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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F Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ankle

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

“We are back in the championship race. “We didn’t play well against Leeds United in our last game at home but it was great to come back with a win against Manchester City who have been going so well in the League. “This win will set us up for better things to come.” Cyrille Regis. "It was a satisfying display. “We showed our character and commitment to beat a good team. “It was a very good performance and scored three cracking goals. “They were all good goals although I wasn’t too happy with the one we conceded. Ron Atkinson.

MATCH REPORT

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 9 December 1991

CYRILLE Regis and Dwight Yorke scored cracking Villa goals. Then Tony Daley beat them both with a superb volley from 20 yards. David White raised City hopes with a 65th minute header but they were soon swept away again. Ron Atkinson, Villa boss, said: "It was a satisfying display. We showed our character and commitment to beat a good team." Daley struck Villa's third goal after 70 minutes. Playing as a striker in the absence of the injured Dalian Atkinson, Daley lashed in a left foot volley from just inside the penalty area. Villa took charge after Cyrille Regis had headed in a cross from Steve Staunton after 26 minutes. Winger Dwight Yorke added their second five minutes before half-time, heading in his sixth goal in seven games.

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