Emery “caged” Guardiola and forced him into the worst night of his career!

In the fourth match without a win, Manchester City in the Premier League, which was defeated away from home 1-0 from Aston Villa and fell to 4th place with 30 points and -6 from the leader, Arsenal.

The champions of England and Europe are passing one crisis lately, which can be seen characteristically in the grass. Pep Guardiola’s set displays fatigue from the consecutive games, as a result of which he does not have the corresponding levels of energy and pressure on the opponent, while the absences of key players, such as De Bruyne and Rodri have played a decisive role in the overall functioning of the “citizens” on the pitch.

However, at Villa Park the Spanish technician lived worst night of his coaching career. He broke negative records, Emery “locked” him in the attacking phase, while causing him many problems in the suspension function, with the one goal achieved by the “villagers” looking like… a little!

We’ve just witnessed an Unai Emery masterclass and these stats prove it. ??

Pep Guardiola has managed 535 league games in Europe’s big-five divisions, this was:

? The most shots his side have faced in the first half of any of those 535 matches (13)
? The joint-most shots his… pic.twitter.com/dXko211PxW

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Specifically, the value of Villa’s chances was 2.04 xGoalswhile City’s 0.83 xGoals, creating just two (!) final attempts, the fewer who has ever created a Pep team in the 535 games he has sat on the bench for Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Manchester City!

On the other hand, the Manchester team conceded 22 shots, which equaled Guardiola’s negative record, in total, and not only on the bench of the English team, as well as the 13 first-half finals, which was the most number of finals he has ever concede a team in the first 45 minutes.

2 – Man City attempted just two shots in this match? the fewest ever by a Pep Guardiola team in a game within Europe’s big-five leagues, while the 22 shots from Aston Villa was the joint-most faced by a Guardiola side in the same period (tonight his 535th such game). Dominated. pic.twitter.com/T0gjP1ZbpZ

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 6, 2023

In fact, for the first time in the Premier League, City failed to win a single corner, while Villa became the team that won them the most possession in the final third of the pitch (13). All this in Emery’s first win over Guardiola after 14 games (nine draws, four losses).

Given that Guardiola is waiting for the return of the absent players, the schedule that awaits her in the next period is clearly easier in order to get back-to-back victories, but Manchester City in this first part of the season looks saturated, especially in their Premier obligations League…