After the first quarter of the season, Aston Villa sit just three points off second place having beaten Manchester City 1-0 on Sunday afternoon.

It’s the third successive time Villa have beaten City at home, following 1-0 and 2-1 victories in the previous two campaigns.

Matty Cash scored the only goal of the game following a set-piece routine from a corner, taken by Emi Buendia before the Argentine was shortly replaced by Jadon Sancho through injury.

City thought they had scored a late equaliser through Erling Haaland, but Omar Marmoush strayed into an offside position before finding the Norwegian at the back post.

Here are the talking points...

Villa went 15 games without beating Man City after Andi Weimann’s memorable winner, before Leon Bailey’s goal was all it took to down Pep Guardiola’s side back in December 2023.

Now, they’ve beaten City in three consecutive home matches - their best run against them since between 1960 and 1975. No longer does Guardiola’s team strike fear into Villa,...