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Manchester City suffer first Premier League defeat of the season at Aston Villa
October 24, 2026 at 02:01 PM · Updated 15m ago
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9 reports · 7 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 2 hours
Aston Villa handed Manchester City its first Premier League loss of the season with a 2-1 victory at Villa Park on Saturday.
- Aston Villa defeated Manchester City 2-1 in round eight, with Nicolas Jackson scoring in the 7th and 61st minutes after defensive errors by Marc Guehi and Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- The loss ended Manchester City's seven-match winning streak, leaving the club on 21 points, while Villa rose to 11 points and sixth place.
- Erling Haaland equalized in the 53rd minute, his seventh consecutive league match with a goal.
- Villa fans chanted "this is why you're going down" after the Guehi error, footage captured by Sky Sports showed.
- Enzo Maresca said his side deserved more from the defeat, citing wasted chances and a lack of luck.
- The result left intact Jose Mourinho's record of nine consecutive opening-season wins, set with Chelsea in 2005-06.
- Aston Villa became the first team to win three consecutive league matches against City since Liverpool in December 2016.
- Ruben Diaz said City needed time to adapt because Aston Villa changed their tactical organization, praising the rival's effectiveness on counterattacks.
- Marc Guehi, culpable for Villa's opening goal, was substituted at half-time, the player ratings article reported.








