Premier League, Aston Villa end Manchester City's winning run: Stats

Nicolas Jackson was the star of the show, scoring both goals for Villa. Erling Haaland managed to equalize for City but it wasn't enough to prevent their loss.

The result is massive for Unai Emery's Villa, who once again showed character. Game strategy Villa take early lead in the 1st half Aston Villa, looking for their first home win of the Premier League season, started aggressively.

Their confidence from three consecutive wins in all competitions showed as Jackson capitalized on Marc Guehi's error to score a smart finish. The first half saw Villa making more tackles than they had in any opening 45 minutes of a Premier League game this season or last.

Match highlights Haaland equalizes before Jackson scores winner City looked rushed in the first half, but Rayan Cherki was denied by Zion Suzuki while Iliman Ndiaye hit the post. Haaland finally leveled for City with a header from Ndiaye's cross.

Despite Suzuki tipping Josko Gvardiol's shot onto the bar, Jackson restored Villa's lead after Donnarumma failed to save his first-time shot from Ibrahim Mbaye's center. Coach's comments Enzo Maresca on City's loss to Villa After the match, City head coach Enzo Maresca said, "You can always do something better but for me when you plan a game, especially against this team, you know you are going to concede some transition.

He added that they lost because they weren't clinical enough in their box. Maresca also defended Guehi after his mistake led to Villa's first goal.

Information A look at the points table After 8 matches, City are placed atop the table. On the other hand, Emery's Villa have moved to sixth.

Notably, Villa are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games. Here are the match stats From 8 attempts, Villa had 2 shots on target.

City managed 7 shots on target from 15 attempts. City created 3 big chances with Villa managing one."