Aston Villa 2-1 Man City: Cityzens drop to 6th despite Foden's goal, Rogers nets

Morgan Rogers scored one and assisted one as Aston Villa got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

0' Right at the end of the half, Grealish involved in an altercation with Martinez!

1' Gvardiol's poor pass allows Duran through, but Ortega saves his shot!

1' Pau Torres heads towards the net which brings another fine save from Ortega!

12' Grealish curls a shot wide, while Kovacic tests Emi Martínez from distance!

16' GOAL! Jhon Duran ends with the forward scoring! Aston Villa 1-0 Man City

25' Jack Grealish clips the ball into Erling Haaland for him to run onto, but fails!

35' Foden & Lewis pass in box, ending with Foden testing Martinez, who saves well!

37' Yellow Card! Matty Cash booked for foul on Jack Grealish!

43' Grealish delivered a cross into the box, but Gvardiol headed it over the bar!

46' Man City making a defensive change as Kyle Walker is coming on for John Stones!

47' Yellow Card! Rico Lewis booked for hauling down Youri Tielemans!

48' Lightning attack involving McGinn ends with Cash shooting into side netting!

50' Jhon Duran thinks he has his second goal but up goes the offside flag!

51' Foden has had City's best chance in the second half but his finish was wayward!

60' A flick by Duran tees up Morgan Rogers whose attempts come back off the post!

65' GOAL! Morgan Rogers with an arrowed low finish! Aston Villa 2-0 Man City

73' Savinho is on for Ilkay Gundogan, who has once again been under-par!

82' Watkins is clean through, but he hammers it straight at Stefan Ortega!

87' Yellow Card! Grealish booked for a foul against his old club!

90' GOAL! Foden lashes home his first goal of the season! Aston Villa 2-1 Man City

Match Report

Rogers made sure of the three points against Pep Guardiola's out-of-form side at Villa Park in the 65th minute, slotting in from just inside the box after an impressive run.

The youngster had set up Villa's first-half opener, unselfishly teeing up Jhon Duran, who netted for a third consecutive Premier League game.

After struggling to pose a threat for much of the match, City got a stoppage-time consolation goal through Phil Foden, but it was not enough to prevent a ninth defeat in 12 games in all competitions.

Unai Emery's side leapfrog City into fifth, only outside the top four on goal difference, with the Citizens now 11 points behind leaders Liverpool as their title defence slips further out of their hands.

Data Debrief: Villa stamp their authority

After their disappointment last weekend, Villa ensured they would not endure a similar fate, bouncing back to earn consecutive home league wins over City for the first time since April 1993.

Duran's fourth goal in as many games set them on their way, but Rogers made the difference, as he became the youngest Villa player (22 years, 148 days) to both score and assist against the reigning champions in the Premier League. 

City, meanwhile, have already lost nine games in all competitions this season; only in 2019-20 (12) and 2016-17 (10) has a side managed by Guardiola lost more matches in a season (both with City).

Foden's goal was his first in the Premier League this season, with his 30th shot overall and his sixth in the match - more than any other player, having come into the match with the most attempts in the competition without scoring in 2024-25 (24). 

Line-ups

Aston Villa XI: E. Martinez, Digne, McGinn, Tielemans, P. Torres, Kamara, Ngoyo, Matty Cash, Morgan Rogers, Amadou Onana, Jhon Durán

Subs: R. Olsen, Barkley, Mings, Ollie Watkins, Buendia, Bailey, Maatsen, Lamare Bogarde, Kosta Nedeljkovic

Man City XI: Gundogan, Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Stones, Grealish, Bernardo, Akanji, Haaland, Foden, Josko Gvardiol, Rico Lewis

Subs: Carson, Walker, De Bruyne, Ake, Jérémy Doku, James McAtee, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey