On 21 April 2021 Manchester City travelled to Aston Villa for a Premier League game that ended in a 2-1 victory, putting the Blues 11 points clear of second placed Manchester United. Pep’s team were closing in on the title. The game had not started so positively with Villa’s McGinn scoring the joint quickest Premier League goal (20 seconds) of the season to date.
City fought back with goals from Phil Foden (22 minutes) and Rodri (40) but then suffered a setback when John Stones was sent off just before the break for a challenge on Ramsey. Villa also had a player, Cash, sent off 12 minutes into the second half after receiving his first yellow card only three minutes earlier. Both challenges were on Foden, who had been exceptional again. After the match Pep commented about Foden: ‘This guy is growing. His influence in our games is massive. He’s becoming a serious player. Phil right now is becoming such an important player. His influence in the final third is so important.’
The away win meant City were the first team to win ten or more games in a row on more than one occasion (previous time straggled two seasons and was 11 in May-December 2017).
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