Man City 1-2 Aston Villa Highlights, Premier League 2025-26: Ollie Watkins Brace Downs Guardiola’s Men

Hello football fans! We're back with the live coverage of matchday 38 of EPL 2025-26 between Aston Villa and Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, May 24. Stay tuned for the live score and real-time score of the match.

Premier League 2025-26 matches will be live streamed in India on the JioHotstar app and website, while the Star Sports Select network will provide the live TV broadcast.

Total Matches - 51

Manchester City Won - 34

Aston Villa Won - 10

Draws - 7

First Half gets underway at the Etihad Stadium, the last appearance of Pep Guardiola as City coach at the iconic stadium.

Savinho gets the first real sight of goal for Manchester City after a corner falls kindly inside the box, but the Brazilian drags his left-footed effort high and wide. Early pressure building from Pep Guardiola’s side as they pin the opposition back.

Manchester City come close again! Savinho delivers a dangerous ball into the area and Bernardo Silva meets it from close range, but Aston Villa goalkeeper Marco Bizot reacts sharply to make a fine save low to his left. City turning up the pressure with quick attacking moves.

Manchester City take the lead through Antoine Semenyo! The hosts make their pressure count after a corner causes chaos inside the Aston Villa box, and Semenyo reacts quickest at the near post to smash a right-footed finish into the net from close range. City deservedly go 1-0 up after dominating the early stages.

Half-time at the Etihad Stadium and Manchester City head into the break with a deserved 1-0 lead over Aston Villa. Antoine Semenyo’s close-range finish separates the two sides after a dominant first-half display from Pep Guardiola’s men, who created several chances and controlled possession throughout.

Aston Villa hit back immediately after the restart and Ollie Watkins brings the visitors level at 1-1! A dangerous corner creates chaos inside the Manchester City box and Watkins reacts quickest at close range, stabbing a left-footed finish into the bottom corner from just a few yards out. A huge response from Villa to start the second half.

Aston Villa turn the game around and Ollie Watkins has his second of the night! Ross Barkley slips a clever pass into the striker inside the six-yard box, and Watkins calmly fires a right-footed finish across goal into the bottom corner. The flag initially goes up, but after a VAR review the goal is awarded, sending the Villa players and fans into celebration as they take a 2-1 lead at the Etihad.

Pep Guardiola rolls the dice with a triple substitution as Manchester City chase the game at the Etihad. Jérémy Doku comes on to add attacking spark in place of Tijjani Reijnders, while Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Nathan Aké and Josko Gvardiol takes over from John Stones in defence. Big changes from City as they look for a way back against Aston Villa.

Aston Villa complete a stunning comeback to beat Manchester City 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium. After falling behind to Antoine Semenyo’s first-half goal, Villa responded brilliantly through a second-half Ollie Watkins brace, with the winner confirmed after a VAR review. A huge result for Unai Emery’s side as Manchester City finish the match frustrated despite dominating long spells early on.