Manchester City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Ilkay Gundogan goals seal title
Follow all the reaction after Man City produced a stunning late comeback to seal a fourth Premier League title in five years
Manchester City staged a sensational comeback from 2-0 down to retain the Premier League title with a dramatic 3-2 win over Aston Villa.
Needing to win to be assured of holding off Liverpool, City were in danger of blowing it as Matty Cash and former Reds star Philippe Coutinho struck at the Etihad Stadium. Yet Pep Guardiola’s side showed all their champion quality to rally with Ilkay Gundogan coming off the bench to score twice either side of a superb Rodri strike in a remarkable five-minute spell.
City had known that second-placed Liverpool, trailing by just a point, could overtake them with victory over Wolves and there were times in the afternoon when they lived on their nerves.
When they trailed by two, Liverpool were being held 1-1 and news of another goal at Anfield at that stage, could have been a hammer blow. Yet in remarkable final-day drama, City cast off the shackles of a dismal first-half display to turn the game around and render Liverpool’s eventual win academic.
Follow all the reaction from Man City vs Aston Villa below:
GOAL! Man City 0 - 1 Aston Villa (Cash, 37’)⚽️
37 mins: Oh my word! Lucas Digne is played down the left wing and he bombs it up to the side of the box before hanging the ball into the middle of the area. Matty Cash weaves in front of Joao Cancelo, leaps towards the ball and heads it into the back of the net!
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
36 mins: Aston Villa are already doing a lot to take time out of the game. They’re resetting slowly, taking their time to get up from fouls, stretching after tackles. Game management at it’s finest.
Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolves
35 mins: Liverpool have had 11 shots already. Alexander-Arnold and Keita combine on the right wing to play the midfielder in behind Rayan Ait-Nouri. He whips across a quick pass but can’t find a teammate and the attack dies down.
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
32 mins: Chance! Phil Foden nicks the ball high up the pitch and pokes it up to Gabriel Jesus. He carries the ball into the box, shimmies around Tyrone Mings then shoots but Mings recovers enough to deflect the shot wide of the left-hand post. Corner to City.
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
30 mins: Pep Guardiola calls Bernardo Silva over to the touchline and hurriedly relays a bunch of instructions. City haven’t been able to get the ball to Kevin De Bruyne as Villa have closed him down brilliantly.
The visitors have been able to defend City’s set pieces and have looked troublesome when countering. They’ve made it through half an hour without conceding. Nerves will start to creep in on City the longer this goes on.
Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolves
27 mins: Chance! The game at the Etihad is positively sedate in comparison to the action at Anfield. Trent Alexander-Arnold has a shot blocked from the edge of the box but the rebound comes back to him. He sends it back to Jordan Henderson who flicks it over to the back post. Andy Robertson meets it on the volley and fires his effort over the crossbar!
GOAL! Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolves (Mane, 24’)⚽️
24 mins: Equaliser! This is world-class from Thiago. Ibrahima Konate carries the ball through midfield and passes it up to Thiago Alcantara. Before the ball arrives he has a look and spots Conor Coady stepping up in an attempt to play Sadio Mane offside. Thiago backheels the ball round the corner and gets it to Mane and the flag stays down. Mane dribbles into the box and slots it past Jose Sa to bring Liverpool back on level terms.
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
23 mins: Aston Villa have been pretty solid off the ball but when they regain possession they’re finding it really difficult to play out. Man City win a corner that Robin Olsen plucks out of the air.
Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolves
21 mins: There’s a stoppage at Anfield as Pedro Neto has gone down off the ball. It looks like he’s aggrivated his old injury and Bruno Lage knows he can’t play on.
Hwang Hee-chan is quickly stripped and Wolves make the substitution.
Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolves
18 mins: Chance! It’s almost 2-0 to Wolves after Ruben Neves threads the ball over to Pedro Neto who’s made a decent run in behind Trent Alexander-Arnold. He carries the ball into the left side of the box and passes it through the legs of Joel Matip. Leander Dendoncker makes his way in behind the centre-back and whips his first-time shot wide of the near post!
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