Man City retain Premier League title with a dramatic late comeback win against Aston Villa | Football News

MANAGER: City of Manchester keep Premier League Fashion’s most impressive title when they came back from 2-0 to defeat Aston Villa 3-2 with three goals in the final 15 minutes on Sunday.
Ilkay Gundogan came on from the bench to score twice with Rodri also on target as Pep Guardiola’s men held out Liverpoolcharge the title to win the tournament championship by one point.
As it happened: Man City vs Aston Villa
In scenes reminiscent of City’s first league title were now six titles in 11 seasons when Sergio Aguero scored the winning goal in the 93rd minute to deny Manchester United the title on goal difference. , the champions made a remarkable comeback at the Etihad.
Goals from Matty Cash and his favorite former Liverpool player Philippe Coutinho is set to give the title to the Reds.
Jurgen Klopp’s men did their job by also coming in from the goal to beat Wolves 3-1 at Anfield, but City’s act of rescue ensured Liverpool clinched a priceless quarter-final. mineral resources.

Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City celebrates. (Beautiful pictures)
Gundogan started his comeback with a header after Raheem Sterling’s cross in the post.
Rodri was then left-footed from outside the box and Gundogan completed the counter-attack by touching Kevin De Bruyne’s cross in the post.
Before the game, Guardiola said he did not want a repeat of Aguero’s late strike a decade ago.
But the Catalans were the most relieved in Manchester as he won the 10th league title of his coaching career in just 13 seasons.

Fans poured onto the pitch to celebrate the whole time and the crossbar where Man City scored their goal broke under the weight of the supporters sitting on it.
The atmosphere was very different inside the Etihad Stadium 15 minutes from when they seemed to have handed the title to Liverpool.
Guardiola decided to launch 37-year-old Fernandinho at centre-back in his final game for the club and John Stones juggling right at right-back scored the opening goal in the 37th minute.
Lucas Digne overtook the Stones and hung a cross for Cash to head bravely behind the post.

Ollie Watkins then passed a great opportunity to double Villa’s lead when Fernandinho was saved by a simple pass from the top.
Guardiola realized his mistake at half-time when Fernandinho was sent off for Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Man City immediately became a stronger attacking threat when Gabriel Jesus fired from Joao Cancelo’s dangerous cross to score.
However, they must again be grateful to Watkins’ waste 10 minutes into the second half as he exploded in front of goal and stretched out just for Ederson to beat.

Coutinho wasn’t generous with a stunning control and finish to seem to hand the title over to his former owners.
The Brazilian’s £142m ($177m) move from Liverpool to Barcelona in 2018 helped finance the side under Klopp that could still win the treble in this season’s cup competitions. if they beat Real Madrid in the Champions League final next weekend.
However, they are still one short of an English top-flight title after Manchester United’s record 20 thanks to a remarkable performance from the blue half of Manchester.
Two other Guardiola substitutes combined to give hope to home fans and teammates as Gundogan headed in after Sterling’s cross.
Rodri has been the source of crucial goals that are unlikely to happen this season and the Spain international took home his most important two minutes later.
A victory later seemed inevitable as Villa buckled under the waves before City’s wave of attacks.
It came exactly 9 minutes from the end of the game when De Bruyne drove to the touchline and sent the ball across the goal for Gundogan to make a shot.