Man Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola, talking to Sky Sports activities after Tuesday’s over : “I am actually joyful. We’re within the final 4 within the final 5 video games and beat a Champions League contender for qualification.
“Aston Villa is a crew to the final man, one of many prime groups in Europe. We performed actually good. We had been aggressive in our duels – the again 4 was unbelievable.
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“Soccer is emotion. For the followers, gamers, we have now lots of stress for the membership to go to the Champions League.
“The gamers behave unbelievably – we’re so happy.
“The season has been dangerous. It occurs. Typically you could have dangerous seasons. The extent of the groups [in the Premier League] is excellent.”
On Matheus Nunes’ late winner: “The motion from Jeremy Doku – he can create one thing along with his tempo. He had proper gamers within the field.”
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Metropolis scored their newest match-winning Premier League objective at Etihad Stadium (93:21) since November 2022 in opposition to (94:34).
Matheus Nunes scored solely his second objective in his 76 Premier League appearances, after April 2023 for in opposition to .
Kevin de Bruyne created six possibilities on this match, with no different participant creating greater than two. It was the sixtieth time he has created 5 or extra possibilities in a single Premier League sport – probably the most instances on Opta’s information (from 2003-04).
Metropolis have conceded 22 targets at Etihad Stadium within the Premier League this season – solely in 2003-04, their first season on the floor, have they conceded extra targets in a marketing campaign (24).