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Matty Cash’s goal in the 1-0 loss the difference between the sides at Villa Park as Pep Guardiola’s side tasted defeat for the first time since August in all competitions.
The visitors started brightly with Tijjani Reijnders coming close with his vicious, dipping effort from the edge of the area flying just past the target.
But after a spell of sustained pressure by the Blues, it was the hosts who opened the scoring against the run of play when a corner was whipped into Cash’s feet before the Poland international shifted the ball onto his left foot and drilled low into the bottom corner.
City defended well for the remainder of the first half, and with renewed energy after the break, created a swathe of chances during the second.
Savinho was denied when he met the rebound of his initial shot to slam towards the net, but Pau Torres was on hand to scoop the ball off the line and away from danger.
With the clock ticking down, we thought we’d equalised when Omar Marmoush broke clear of the Villa defence and squared for Erling Haaland to bundle home.
But the Egyptian was adjudged to have strayed into an offside position when collecting the ball and the goal was ruled out.
It meant we lost for the first time in 10 straight outings and sit fourth in the Premier League table.
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