Manchester City played away to Aston Villa in the first match of the Premier League, and today's Manchester City starting line-up Ederson, Gvardiol, Dias, Walker, Stones, Akanji, Silva, Lewis, Alvarez, Foden, Haaland, Rodri and Doku did not start.
Throughout the first half of the game, the Manchester City team played very passively, and was suppressed by the Villa team in their own half of the attack, and the Villa team's attack was a wave of undrawn, and today Aston Villa played more like the Manchester City team, and the real Manchester City team performed sluggishly, only in the 10th minute of the game, Haaland's shot threatened the big Martin to guard the goal, and the rest of the time could only be tired of running around defending. In the 73rd minute of the game, the Villa team's attack finally paid off, Pele drove the ball into the goal and hit Ruben Dias's leg and refracted into the net, Ederson could only look at the ball and sigh, and there was nothing he could do.
With the 0:1 loss in this game and Aston Villa, Manchester City's league 3 draws and 1 loss, the points were also overtaken by the Villa team to the fourth place, and this year's Premier League is not easy to play!In this game, Manchester City is really passive, the front court is now too creative, the personnel are too tired, the state is sluggish, and the effective counterattack is basically gone. It's hard to win against a strong team in the current state, watch the game below and see how you can adjust!