Aston Villa vs Manchester City
Match pulse
AVLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MNC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who won: Aston Villa 1-0
Aston Villa beat Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Villa Park. Goals for Aston Villa: Darren Bent (18').
Play by play
- 94'
<b>FULL TIME</b> A great win for Villa, and Bent is the hero. City lose ground on their title rivals, but they truth is they couldn't break down a spirited Villa side who defended for their lives.
- 93'
Final fling for City as a free kick is given. Hart goes up!
- 92'
Now Agbonlahor is clipped by Boateng before fouling Johnson. Thirty seconds left.
- 91'
Yaya Toure clips Downing as Villa try and keep the ball to run the clock down.
- 90'
Three minutes added..
- 89'
Dunne misses a cross for once, but Collins is behind him to nod clear.
- 88'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Reo-Coker comes on in place of the quite clearly knackered Petrov.
- 87'
A rare chance for Villa as Albrighton gets round Kolarov and crosses and Ashley Young tucks it wide at the near post.
- 86'
Another opening for Kolarov as the corner (City's 13th) falls to him at the back post, but he went for power over placement and blazes wide.
- 85'
Now Kolarov's effort from the edge of the box flicks off Collins, then Cuellar and drops wide of the post.
- 84'
Now Dzeko gets up to meet a cross but nods wide. Clark did well there, he almost sat on the ball. It was ungainly but he prevented a goal, that's for sure.
- 83'
Off the post! De Jong's shot flicks off Clark and dribbles onto the post!
- 82'
For a second it looks like Johnson has earned a sight of goal but Dunne is across again.
- 81'
A rare forray upfield for Villa as Albrighton crosses but only Bent is in the box and Kolo Toure clears.
- 80'
Last ditch blocks from Downing and Cuellar as Villa repel another City attack.
- 79'
Villa are very deep now, sitting on the edge of their box but City can't find a way through.
- 78'
A goal-saving block from Collins as Johnson's cross fell for Tevez to volley nine yards out. Excellent defending.
- 77'
Downing ends a Villa break with a shot but he hits it right at Hart. City starting to get desperate now.
- 76'
The corner comes out to Johnson and he has a go but it was always high and wide.
- 75'
A brief sight of goal from Dzeko but Dunne is across to block his effort.
- 74'
Another poor finish to a once promising move. Johnson gets into the area but is then crowded out, and eventually Kolarov smashes a shot well wide.
- 73'
A really poor ball from Silva as City run out of ideas.
- 71'
Good cross from Dzeko but Yaya Toure can't climb high enough to nod it goalwards.
- 70'
What a shame. Collins fires a superb ball behind Dzeko but Albrighton's first time cross troubles the crowd more than Hart.
- 69'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Great trickery from Albrighton and Kolarov clears him out.
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