Game #5628
Aston Villa
Sunday, 22 May 2022
Lost
14th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 53,395
Manchester City
Etihad Stadiun
State of Abu Dhabi
3-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Lucas Digne | 37' | Ollie Watkins | 69' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Two goals to the good in a fine defensive performance with the threat always there from Villa's notably attacking line up, Gerrard makes another howling strategic blunder with a defensive substitution, Villa concede three and lose.
KEY MAN
Philippe Coutinho, put Villa two up before the inevitable
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 22 May 2022
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Robin Olsen
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Matty Cash, Assist by Lucas Digne
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 49’ Booking, Tyrone Mings, Bad foul
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-0, Philippe Coutinho, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Philippe Coutinho, Sub on, Marvelous Nakamba
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 2-1, (Manchester City), Ilkay Gündogan
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-2, (Manchester City), Rodri
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 2-3, (Manchester City), Ilkay Gündogan
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Danny Ings
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Marvelous Nakamba, Bad foul
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Ashley Young
🕒 | FT Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Lucas Digne records his fourth assist in the last five games as Matty Cash makes it four goals for the season - and four goals since joining in September 2020.
Meanwhile in perhaps the happiest news of the season end for Villa, the questionable and controversial referee Jonathan Moss retires.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2020-21
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Abu Dhabi: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2021-22 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Sunday, 22 May 2022
Attendance | 53,395 |
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steven Gerrard | 🏴 | Merseyside, 2021-2022
Referee: Michael Oliver | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2007-
Kick off: 4.00pm
Half Time Score: 🟩 1-0
Full Time Result: 🟥 Lost
Full Time Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5 | 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steven Gerrard | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 28 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 5 🟥 13 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Michael Oliver | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2007-
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 10 Jan 22, Villa 0-1 United (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett.
Fourth official: David Coote.
VAR: Darren England.
Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes.
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Manchester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Robin Olsen makes his debut as player number 983 after 17 unused substitute appearances in possibly his final squad for the club with his loan spell from AS Roma due to end.
Emiliano Martínez misses out with injury sustained prior to the Burnley game despite having played that fixture.
Carney Chukwuemeka is dropped after his underwhelming performance against Burnley and may also have made his last squad appearance as his contract impasse continues.
Steven Gerrard pairs Philippe Coutinho with Emiliano Buendía in a highly attacking line up.
Viljami Sinisalo is called up as reserve ‘keeper as the final squad of the season features five under 23s representing Villa’s exciting academy prospects.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.04 |
Oldest Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 32.39 |
Youngest Player: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 21.00 |
MANAGER
Steven Gerrard | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 🟢 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | ⚽ |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Pep Guardiola | 🇪🇸 |
Manchester City
GK Ederson | 🇧🇷 |
CB John Stones | 🏴 |
CB Aymeric Laporte | 🇪🇸 |
RB João Cancelo | 🇵🇹 |
M Fernandinho | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Kevin De Bruyne | 🇧🇪 |
M Phil Foden | 🏴 |
M Rodri | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
M Bernado Silva | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
W Riyad Mahrez | 🇩🇿 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Jesus | 🇧🇷 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | 🟨 | for M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | 72’ |
🔁 | F Danny Ings | 🏴 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 83’ |
🔁 | RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | for W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | for M Fernandinho | 🇧🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Raheem Sterling | 🏴 | for W Riyad Mahrez | 🇩🇿 | 56’ |
🔁 | M Ilkay Gündogan | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ | for M Bernado Silva | 🇵🇹 | 68’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 |
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴 |
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 |
M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Kyle Walker | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Aké | 🇳🇱 |
M Jack Grealish (ex) | 🏴 |
M Cole Palmer | 🏴 |
M James McAtee | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £162.32m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £42.39m
Team Cost: £204.71m
Squad Cost: £230.38m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/20
Homegrown: 5/20
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.15m |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Free |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴 | Youth |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | Free |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | Free |
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | £18.00m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | £14.22m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | Youth |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | Free |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | £34.56m |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
F Danny Ings | 🏴 | £31.59m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £498.69m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £83.43m
Team Cost: £582.12m
Squad Cost: £776.07m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/20
Homegrown: 3/20
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Ederson | 🇧🇷 | £36.00m |
GK Scott Carson (ex) | 🏴 | Free |
RB João Cancelo | 🇵🇹 | £58.50m |
RB Kyle Walker (ex) | 🏴 | £47.43m |
LB Oleksandr Zinchenko | 🇺🇦 | £1.80m |
CB Aymeric Laporte | 🇪🇸 | £58.50m |
CB John Stones | 🏴 | £50.04m |
CB Nathan Aké | 🇳🇱 | £40.77m |
M Jack Grealish (ex) | 🏴 | £105.75m |
M Kevin De Bruyne | 🇧🇪 | £68.40m |
M Rodri | 🇪🇸 | £56.43m |
M Bernado Silva | 🇵🇹 | £45.00m |
M Fernandinho | 🇧🇷 | £36.00m |
M Ilkay Gündogan | 🇩🇪 | £24.30m |
M Phil Foden | 🏴 | Youth |
M Cole Palmer | 🏴 | Youth |
M James McAtee | 🏴 | Youth |
W Riyad Mahrez | 🇩🇿 | £61.02m |
W Raheem Sterling | 🏴 | £57.33m |
F Gabriel Jesus | 🇧🇷 | £28.80m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | Abdomen
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | Groin
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | Knee
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | Unknown
On Loan | 13 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | Sheffield United
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Forest
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Internacional
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | Everton
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | Cheltenham
CF Caleb Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | Livingston
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | Stoke
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴 | Preston
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | Newcastle
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 | Gateshead
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Luton
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | Basaksehir
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 |
🔴 M Carney Chukwuemeka | 🏴 | Final Squad Appearance
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 29%
Possession A | 71%
Shots F | 4
Shots A | 25
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 13
Fouls F | 11
Fouls A | 5
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
Pre-Match
“It’s with a heavy heart that I will be leaving Aston Villa Football Club. This club has been a huge part of my life for the last 23 years, making 193 appearances, 36 international caps and 15 years coaching.
“Having gained all these experiences I am looking forward to what may lie ahead. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Aston Villa, the players, staff and, in particular, the passionate supporters who have shown me loyalty both on and off the pitch. I wish you all the best in the future. UTV!”
Mark Delaney.
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“Aston Villa can confirm that Mark Delaney has left his role in the club’s academy. The club would like to record its sincere thanks to Mark for his service to Aston Villa and wish him every success for the future.”
The best the club could muster.
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Post Match.
“We were really good for 70 minutes - the players carried the plan out exactly as we wanted. We caused them a lot of problems but went into protection mode, stopped playing and City were relentless.
“They have been together for long time, spent a lot of money to put one of the best teams in the world together. I said to my players that you can never switch off, and they really turned it around in the last 20 minutes.
“I want them to be mentally stronger throughout a full game.
“I want players who are obsessed to win.
“I want us to really bottle the feeling of our inconsistencies this year and I want us to be really obsessed in pre-season to be better prepared mentally and physically for a full season.
“I really want winners in the dressing room. I don’t want players who are content with finishing 14th in the league and going out of cup competitions early. That’s got to hurt and we’ll try and set a culture and a standard here where it’s not acceptable to be inconsistent. That’s the challenge moving forward.
“Listen, we want [fans] to be optimistic and excited.
“We want to try and make acquisitions to get them even more excited but us, as a staff and players, we must deliver for the supporters.
“They’re the most important part of the club. The owners have been very supportive, always have been. Everyone who’s representing Aston Villa needs to come back after a summer break fresh, reenergised, reset and ready to go again because we can’t be satisfied with how the season’s gone.”
Steven Gerrard.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 22 May 2022
Manchester City staged a stunning late comeback with three goals in five minutes to beat Aston Villa and win the Premier League as their title chances looked to be slipping away amid dramatic scenes at Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola's side needed victory to secure their fourth title in five seasons but were facing the prospect of ending the season empty-handed as goals either side of the interval from Matty Cash and Philippe Coutinho put Villa 2-0 ahead and in control.
It looked as if Villa manager Steven Gerrard might help his former club Liverpool secure the title - until City turned the game on its head in an atmosphere bordering on hysteria.
Ilkay Gundogan, on as a substitute for Bernardo Silva, gave City hope with a far-post header in the 76th minute, and Etihad Stadium was a wall of noise when Rodri drove a low finish past Villa keeper Robin Olsen two minutes later.
The title-winning recovery was complete with nine minutes left as Gundogan once again arrived at the far post to put City in front, the decisive contribution on this nerve-shredding final day. City did need those three points as Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers - with City boss Guardiola overcome with emotion and breaking down in tears at the final whistle. When Coutinho slid in Villa's second goal, it looked as if the most unpalatable of storylines was being written for Manchester City.
The notion of this supremely talented side ending the season with nothing was in clear view as City knew they had 21 minutes to score three times.
The headlines were being written in large type with Gerrard, who never won the Premier League title during his long career at Liverpool, directing the trophy to Anfield, helped by his former team-mate Coutinho.
And then, in one of the most dramatic twists of any Premier League title race, City knocked down the door that had been firmly slammed in their face by a supremely well-organised Villa.
City looked crestfallen but showed their class and character once Gundogan gave them hope with that header, and they scented their chance, even though some of their fans still feared this might only be a consolation. Rodri's equaliser was the transformative moment, a sense of inevitability sweeping around a fevered stadium, with a mixture of disbelief and elation the result as Gundogan slid home the third.
Villa did not know what had hit them and had no response, supporters flooding on to the pitch when referee Michael Oliver sounded the final whistle amid a deafening din.
City have had their character questioned this season, especially when they let the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid slip from their grasp, but there can be no more doubts after this.
The manner in which they turned this game around with the title - and their entire season - on the line was the perfect answer. They were heading towards the most bitter disappointment but transformed this day into one they and their supporters will remember forever.
It was little wonder Guardiola broke down at the conclusion of a truly remarkable afternoon.
Villa collapse under pressure
For Aston Villa, there was nothing significant riding on the game - but the way they went about trying to win it was typical of the Premier League's competitive integrity.
Gerrard and Coutinho's Liverpool connections added the sub-plot. And every part of this storyline delivered.
Villa were solid, disciplined and a real threat on the break, homing in on 37-year-year-old Fernadinho as a defensive weak point for Manchester City.
It worked as City, unusually flat in attack, were vulnerable at the back. When Villa went 2-0 up, it looked as if their season would end in a landmark win - and for Gerrard, the added satisfaction of seeing his beloved boyhood club win the title.
And yet, they were over-run as the City machine suddenly hit top gear, roared forward thunderously by fans whose mood had changed from despair to expectation.
The first 70 minutes at least demonstrated that Gerrard has something to build on. After that, though, Villa were simply swept aside on the tide of Manchester City's power plus the noise and emotion inside Etihad Stadium.