After last weekend's shocking 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City will be looking to regain some momentum when they host Aston Villa this weekend. Prior to last weekend's defeat, Pep's men had won their last three games, including a victory over Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Cup. During that time, they were averaging 2.7 goals per game and given that they scored at least twice in nine of their last ten games with Aston Villa, we should expect something similar from them in this match. Arsenal did not manage to make the best use of that mistake of theirs and they only played 1-1 against Brentford at home and in that way they kept Manchester City in the race for first place. The next match will be played by these two teams and City needs a good result in this match in order to put the pressure on Arsenal. Given that City have more matches than Arsenal, there is no more room for error and they must take all games until the end of the season as seriously as possible, starting with this one. Despite the fact that they did not look convincing against Tottenham, we all know the quality of the players who perform for this team and at any moment they can "wake up" and score a large number of goals against any team in the league.

The 4 goals that Aston Villa conceded on their field from Leicester are certainly not encouraging before the duel with the league's best attack. Since the arrival of Unai Emery on the bench, Villa has really started to play well, the team is far from the danger zone and certain improvements in the game are noticeable. The team from Birmingham relies on the same staff as when Steven Gerrard was the coach, but the philosophy has changed. Aston Villa are scoring regularly again and have scored in all eight PL games under Emery. They play somewhat more open and fast football, which may have consequences for them in this match. City have extremely fast players and under no circumstances should they be given too much space. Although De Bruyne and Gundogan started the previous game from the bench, in this match I expect them in the starting line-up, which will only increase the creativity of Manchester City's midfield. This game can be of great importance for the continuation of City's season and I really think that they will manage to show a very good game and that with one efficient game they will send a clear message to Arsenal.

在上周末令人震惊地 1-0 击败托特纳姆热刺队之后，曼城将在本周末主场迎战阿斯顿维拉时重新获得一些动力。在上周末失利之前，佩普的球队赢得了最近三场比赛，包括在足总杯第四轮战胜阿森纳。在那段时间里，他们场均进 2.7 个球，鉴于他们在过去十场与阿斯顿维拉的比赛中有九场至少进了两球，我们应该期待他们在这场比赛中能有类似的表现。阿森纳没有充分利用他们的错误，他们只在主场1-1对阵布伦特福德，这样他们就让曼城保住了第一名的位置。下一场比赛将由这两支球队进行，曼城需要在这场比赛中取得好成绩才能给阿森纳带来压力。考虑到曼城的比赛比阿森纳多，没有更多的错误余地，他们必须尽可能认真地对待本赛季结束前的所有比赛，从这个开始。尽管他们在对阵托特纳姆热刺时看起来并不令人信服，但我们都知道为这支球队效力的球员的素质，他们随时都可以“醒来”并在对阵联赛中任何球队的比赛中打进大量进球。

阿斯顿维拉在与莱斯特的比赛中丢掉了 4 个球，在与联赛最佳进攻的对决之前肯定并不令人鼓舞。自从乌奈·埃梅里坐上替补席后，维拉确实开始发挥不错，球队远离危险区，比赛中的一些进步是显而易见的。来自伯明翰的球队依赖于史蒂文杰拉德担任教练时的相同人员，但理念已经改变。阿斯顿维拉再次定期得分，并且在埃梅里的所有八场 PL 比赛中都有进球。他们踢得更加开放和快速，这可能会对他们在这场比赛中产生影响。曼城拥有速度极快的球员，在任何情况下都不应该给他们太多空间。虽然上一场德布劳内和京多安都是替补首发，本场比赛我期待他们首发，这只会增加曼城中场的创造力。这场比赛对于曼城赛季的延续可能非常重要，我真的认为他们会打出一场非常出色的比赛，并且通过一场高效的比赛，他们将向阿森纳发出明确的信息。