Manchester City F.C. saw an emotional era come to an end in painful fashion as Aston Villa F.C. came from behind to secure a dramatic 2-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium in what marked the final match of Pep Guardiola’s reign.
With the Premier League title already gone to Arsenal, the occasion had been expected to become a celebration of Guardiola’s legacy alongside farewells for senior figures including Bernardo Silva and John Stones.
softfootball gathered that City controlled much of the opening half and looked on course for a fitting send-off when Antoine Semenyo reacted quickest inside the box to fire the hosts ahead in the 22nd minute.
Fresh from their Europa League triumph, Villa initially appeared fatigued but emerged transformed after the break. Midfield influence from Ross Barkley and Ian Maatsen shifted momentum before Ollie Watkins struck twice to complete the turnaround and silence the Etihad.
City pushed desperately for a late equaliser and thought they had rescued a point through Phil Foden in stoppage time, only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside. This results has brought a lot of reactions online with fans;
enisports says this is the decline of manchester city
This is the decline of city. Most of this player including Foden are not good enough when it comes down to it. Next season, Man City will get embarrassed away from home and in the champions league. Fans are out here crying for Foden when the reality is he was just in a superteam.
sportsfreak_sameer says its not the best performance but says the emotions were around pep
Not the best performance today, but considering all the emotions around Pep, John, and Bernardo having their final game, , It was a good season overall, of course it could’ve been even better, but that’s football. We will come back stronger. Come On Cityyy
Marie orritt who seems to be an arsenal fan reminds Manchester city to stay humble
Fully bottled it oh well, stay humble and all that
Ntobeko Nkwanyana calls city players useless
Your such a useless team you lot only had one job to do now pep is even leaving, Mxm you gon uno switch with spurs now watch
uc.baggio has asked of reinjders
Can someone just explain to me what reinjders is good at? Absolute shit of player
Instead, Guardiola’s final match ended with his 90th defeat as Manchester City manager and Aston Villa closing another memorable chapter of their season in style.
