Tuesday morning, a supporter of Aston Villa said that the reaction to this goal of Ilkay Gundogan in 2022 was the strongest that he ever heard a football stadium.
This winner of Matheus Nunes, deeply in the time of downtime and because of the Wonder Wing game of Jeremy Doku, may not have encouraged these same levels of decibels, but its importance is monumental for Manchester City.
This could be one of those emblematic moments. This garbage season still has its big Hourra, City Now in the seat of the box to qualify for a 15th consecutive campaign in the Champions League. Aston Villa, in the meantime, hoping nervously the results elsewhere help them.
Pep Guardiola was emotional to Everton on Saturday and the same thing here, Big Bear Câlins for Rodri on the touchline after an unlikely null hero sorted this for them. Nunes had spent the whole evening as hindered before this intervention.
A little fury, more tension. Guardiola and Unai Emery were a pair of tight cats, triggered by any unexpected noise or tackle. Pushed villa, the city in a hurry. The first scorers Bernardo Silva took place in the name of the game game after being grazed by a stallion. Marcus Rashford, at a Cacophonie requests, designed an equalizer. Lucas Digne has cut the big toe of Kevin de Bruyne and the arms of thousands were thrown in unison.
Absorbing in a way that Premier League matches are generally no longer, two teams really each other by going forward. There was a bite, a slight underlying aggravation.
Matheus Nunes scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester City to put the hosts in the driving seat for qualification in the Champions League
The Portuguese arrived at the post most distant from the slit in the inviting cross of Jeremy Doku in the 94th minute
The boss of the villa Unai Emery was Crestfoln, while a pep Guodiola euphoric reacted to the deceased winner
Given the context of activism around East Manchester for the moment, the opportunity has taken place exactly how the leaders of the groups of fans have released themselves by the city’s ticketing policies.
They protested last night, but not inside the ground, refusing to distract from the team’s crucial match in their attempt to reach a competition that many of those who demonstrate will complain about having a price anyway.
The irony of this is a bit comical but the overall cause is worth it. The demonstrations do not only concern the climbing of the city’s observation costs – and many others of their fellow men – but of the general mood around your “medium” fan.
It cost a minimum of £ 71 for an adult to watch this match. Whatever the quality of the show is bad and the events outside the Colin Bell stand occurring next to vacationers taking photos during a unique visit illustrated with feelings to a Hollywood high flight.
To be fair, some villa leaders – including Monchi – pose for selfies on the field long before kick -off, so maybe it was a match worthy of photographs.
It did not disappoint, Rashford struck a post in the 18 seconds, Silva opening the scoring after seven minutes – the Portuguese shot for the reduction of Omar Marmoush only achieved his own goal by Emiliano Martinez.
The celebration, haringing at the local flag, reminded Silva’s mad reaction to a score against Real Madrid here in the European semi-final two years ago.
The procedure flow was only blinked by Var, a three -minute check for a penalty when Jacob Ramsey seemed to be clearly shot by the thigh of Ruben Dias. Craig Pawson agitated him, only to stop playing much later to check.
Bernardo Silva opened the scoring for hosts in the seventh minute with a hit at close range
Villa received a route in the confrontation when Jacob Ramsey was the victim of a fault in the region by Ruben Dias
The loan of Manchester United Marcus Rashford calmly split the house in the equalizer in the middle of a barrage of huae
The hopes of the villa in the Champions League have undergone a major blow, because the defeat leaves them sixth, behind their rivals with games in hand and higher points points
Dias had pushed the ball and took Ramsey with him, the controversial incident illustrated on the big screen – someone’s wrists will be slapped for this – causing anger and anxiety. Rashford, who had instructed the goal of accumulation after picking up a ridiculously poor misleading pass, passed the penalty in front of Stefan Ortega.
Nunes, not the most popular member of Guardiola’s Squad, dropped a lot and went wrong with the balls on the right back. In the same side, worthy strikes Easy vanished for the corners while City began to force more and more.
De Bruyne found James McATEE, whose lob has dropped scary, Youri Tielemans has a ghost by three markers. This side remained, this persistent feeling of imminent disaster at both ends. Emery and his set of sets, Austin Macphee, both pleaded with players to hack opponents on the counter.
Then, the consumption of breath when Ortega rushed to meet a collar of Morgan Rogers but never arrived, allowing Rashford to pass. Rashford had just sank too far and the angle closed too tightly.
Ollie Watkins was sitting to watch up to 14 minutes to play, admitting that he had “smoked” with Emery for not having given him enough opportunities during the big recent games, and that the cloud will not have moved. Obviously, the rivalry between him and Loan Rashford was noted by those inside the locker room.
“The team comes first,” said John McGinn. “The manager has shown that he does not care who you are, you have to put personal ambitions next to it.
Rashford left calmly while the hoots have struck and this dynamic between the two attackers is something that will undoubtedly be at the head of the summer. How is it very resolved to see with which the continent villa competition is found. Since Nunes appeared in the rear stick to meet the Doku cross, the answer to this now seems clearer.
