They could do nothing, though, when Douglas Luiz flipped the ball high and ran on to his own pass before driving in a ball City managed to scramble away. Buendía burned down the left and on turning infield had to be marshalled by a clutch of City players. However, they soon had cause for alarm when Raheem Sterling cut in and floated over a cross that was just too high for Silva. Douglas Luiz showed the way for Villa by pickpocketing Fernandinho and feeding John McGinn, whose expert pass in behind released Ollie Watkins but when Watkins found Leon Bailey from the left his shot was blocked by a flailing Oleksandr Zinchenko.Ī roar grew around Villa Park from the faithful, who had been listening to taunts of “There’s only one Grealish”. João Cancelo and Gabriel Jesus set the tone with early thrusts at Emiliano Martínez’s goal, both of which resulted in corners. On returning to his former club Jack Grealish was fit for the bench along with Phil Foden, while Kyle Walker, Ilkay Gündogan and John Stones joined Kevin De Bruyne and Ferran Torres on the injured list. It was an apt microcosm of an entertaining evening. Towards the end City’s backbone was evident when Emiliano Buendía tapped the ball to Carney Chukwuemeka who seemed certain to equalise only for the excellent Ederson to save.
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