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yeah pep guard only makes four changes

from the N home draw with Arsenal with

Lewis dku greish and Alvarez coming in

whilst the bruyer and harand Dro to the

bench brod Midfield is always of key

importance not just in keeping the ball

moving but also stopping the

counterattacks with Alvarez playing as

the false nine he will drop into

Midfield to look to outnumber Villa

whilst creating space for the likes of

foden dku and greish to get higher up

the pitch themselves well unai Emery he

makes six changes from the two-nil home

win over wolves including a late

changing goal with martinez dropping out

due to and alsome coming in whilst tops

goal scorer Watkins also misses out

Villa are one of only two teams to have

stopped Manchester City from scoring

this season and the hope will be that

they can contain them once again wi

players Rogers and zanola will look to

drift inside so it's important that both

the Arby and Duran up front stretch the

game in order to create space on the

Counterattack as we bring you news from

North London that Arsenal now have

established a two-goal lead over Luton

Town and so in the moment lead the

Premier League

and so for city as it is relentlessly

for those who challenge them it is the

familiar refrain dare not lose near

Perfection required you would think from

here on in this is a Manchester City 11

without ay Walker stones to point a har

F would think be in their natural team

that is GRE is Matt

Alvarez he rippled the rigging from the

outside by arunam rori

R's hit behind a difficult one really

close to his feet get some power

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on in by doku and dumped in with

authority by

rodri and city with impetus and City

scoring again they're never blank for

very long rodri 1 n sometimes dropping

in as a left back just look at his

position dku nice and wide and he's

going to get done on a little one too

look at him no idea what's outside of

him he gets done on the inside and dku

is just a matter of can of hit an area

and that pull back is good enough to

find

rodri and he's good enough to lift it

over the

goalkeeper it's an easy move from City's

point of view just going to sleep on

this left on side and they paid the

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price they say rodri was missing when

City lost at Villa Park before

Christmas but when he

plays we know City almost never falter

personally speaking 63 Club games

unbeaten they only lose when he's not

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there Luis

Jan backs up from the counter good ACC I

was it great

ball

Alvarez Challenge from Douglas Luis F

Dar in

England Morgan

Rogers John

tan

Rogers Durant very very good

finish

and Aston Villa level it

up and the Champions are momentarily

silenced and from then onward City had

got numbers back it's not too bad but

now they're starting to think we've got

to engage the ball at some point but

that ball there it's been checked to

Duran but the little one too stay with

your

Runners and it's an experienced player

as well Diaz just gets caught turning

the wrong way getting the ball inside

but it's a brilliant finish it really is

it's not an easy one with that angle as

Wella gets something on it but it's

right in the

corner there's no issue with the moment

as Duran finished but I've just heard

the V say that there is a tight offside

call to be made and the only question

around this is whether the player who is

very obviously offside in a villa shirt

there who I think is

ano is in any sense interfering and he's

very opposite ly not yeah he's not in

the way of the defender he's not

attempted to play the

ball and so the goal is given it's John

Duran's thirdd Premier League goal of

this

season

rodri

dku

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brish there Lewis Julian Alvarez and ol

threw out a

boot Phil Fen

Bey nailed

it picked his corner and planted it

there that's

pass 21 City seem to have an awful lot

of height on it and it is absolutely

through the wall Zolo

and kza right in between him that

shouldn't

happen split in the wall the ball's not

high enough it goes about waste chest

height no wonder the goalkeeper's

angry and he should be

furious he's not Douglas Luiz feels the

guilt of the

offense

relish berardo Silva Alvarez and over

acrobatically by Robin

ol doku

space Jeremy dku beaten out by Olsen

just to give his Midfield and Defenders

a little bit of a breather CI for foden

and foden now for berado Silva and olon

stood up strong again foden greenish

Lewis on one for

doku Jeremy tku and field it

again Jo by Luis sanola Luis acreage in

front of him Duran well Advanced diabi

with him too it's Douglas Luise it's

Musa

diabi Luis and turned over at full

stretch by

Orga stood in near post out by on Taker

and smuggled away from Zano by

f

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Ry rodri and

foder beautifully done stylishly

done done again in the Grand Manor of

Manchester City who lead by 3 to

one well this is just football

intelligence just look at the position

he's

in when rodri starts his run he just

wanders and he's ready just look at him

the foot is already ready to go and he

knows when it comes at that angle with

that left foot he can just put it into

that far

Corner if you're not ready there you

have to take a touch and by that time

you get closed down first time finishing

always always is better than a touch

when you're inside the box like

that and that is 20 goals this season

for Phil

foden

Goku s di back and setting it for Rico

Lewis who shed it wide Mandi

rodri foden went over longly but got no

free kick foden took it back foden had a

hit and scored a wonderful wonderful

hatrick

goal my that is quite selfish

he is quite

something not many players can do this

there's the potential free kick it

wasn't he gets up wins the ball back out

of his

feet top Corner absolutely world class

that's a little slip as well if you

watch his standing foot when he hits

that just slips a little bit goes down

to ground but the keeper looking at it

saying please hit the crossbar

can only blink it back now Pep Guardiola

can only feed it to the

fans Phil foden who hit his last hatrick

as recently as February down at brenford

coner

Bailey conser has gone to ground

challenge was by Nunes the referee waved

it

away greenish has gone to ground the

referee hasn't waved that one away

Nunes ambitious but they liked

it greenish Alvarez through the middle

Tan's across to meet him jack Gish Oscar

Bob julan

Alvarez got around him for consolation

Diego caros right on the line near post

deep towards

Moreno who for the record is left

footed greish on the twist Jack greish

to twist a

knife got back in front of

Alvarez

cardol and Gomez Dash to the near OPP

opponent

a crushing reminder of the sheer power

of the

Champions fabulous fabulous Phil Fen

with a hattick delivered in style

executed

immaculately

eye-catchingly and when he is in this

form when they are in this form it poses

the question for all of us who between

now and season's end can't possibly stop

Manchester

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