Duran, Rogers Score As Villa Hand Shell-shocked City Another Loss

Aston Villa inflicted more misery on shell-shocked Manchester City on Saturday, defeating them 2-1 in the Premier League with goals from Colombian forward Jhon Duran and former City forward Morgan Rogers.

Villa rose above City into fifth place in the Premier League table and the title holders dropped provisionally to sixth with their ninth loss in 12 games across all competitions.

While Pep Guardiolas team could fall to as low as ninth by the end of the weekend and have just one victory to show from that 12-game stretch, the manager remains optimistic results will come.

It can come, it cannot come, Guardiola told the BBC.

It depends on us. The solution is bring the players back from injuries. We have just one central defender fit, that is difficult. We are going to try next game another opportunity and we dont think much further than that.