Two Man City players sum up their struggles as Aston Villa condemn champions to another loss
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Manchester City's season just goes from bad to worse as Aston Villa inflicted another defeat on the champions with an impressive performance. John Duran and Morgan Rogers were on target in either half as Unai Emery's men saw off Pep Guardiola's side, with their much changed starting XI unable to arrest their slide down the table.
City's hangover is as good as two months old and that was apparent in the opening minute as Josko Gvardiol was dispossessed and allowed Duran a shot from distance, which was saved by Stefan Ortega, stepping in for the injured Ederson. Seconds later and the goalkeeper was needed again to impressively stop a Pau Torres header.
The visitors' possession resulted in few clear cut opportunities and Villa were able to take advantage on the break as a sensational through ball from Youri Tielemans set Rogers away, before he squared the ball for Duran to finish first time. City looked devoid of ideas once they made it into the Villa third as Emery's compact side snuffed out any opportunities. The former Arsenal boss, having waited so long for a win over Guardiola, now has two in his last three meetings following last season's win over the champions at Villa Park.
Duran rifled home a second early in the second-half, but the flag was quickly raised to end his celebrations as Villa continued to cause numerous problems on the break. Rogers then hit the post, but made amends shortly after as he finished a neat move to all but kill the game against the team he once played for.
