“Overall I thought the play from City was very lethargic”, Henry said.
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The result closed the gap to safety to five points but Villa survived scares after Fernando hit the bar in injury time and Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne missed clear chances.
If we were cynical we might suggest that the timing of these comments was a ploy to distract from Remi Garde’s first game as Aston Villa manager this afternoon.
“This season is exactly the same as the last two seasons and if you ask me the first season was the best one – we scored (nearly) 160 goals (158)”. The medical team here have been unbelievable with me.
City are unbeaten in their last eight outings in all competitions but Garde believes Villa can upset the odds and shock the leaders.
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Aston Villa manager Remi Garde held just three training sessions with his squad prior to Sunday’s goalless draw with Manchester City, but his impact is evident already.
Garde insisted that they weren’t just being picked because they shared a nationality with him though, saying: “Yes but they are not back because they are French or I knew them”.
The Spanish flyer was widely criticised earlier this season for his poor final ball for Man City but after coming on at Villa Park, Navas provided the balls for most of City’s best opportunities such as giving Sterling a free header six yards out.
He stresses without the support of the fans the “mission” to stay up will be much more hard and that the players need the fans behind them.
Pellegrini said: “Micah was a very unfortunate player”.
Villa fans vented their anger on Delph who agreed to a £8m move to City in the summer, changed his mind and pledged his allegiance to Villa, then completed a controversial U-turn and moved to the Etihad a few days later.
“Without Bony and without Sergio Aguero we don’t have a player who plays inside the box”.
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“Obviously we never picked up the three points which we came to get but we never lost the game either, so we’ve got a point there and we’ve got to concentrate on the next run of games after the worldwide break and try and push on”. We will see in the way he improves this week, but I think there is a chance he can be back for Liverpool’.
