Man City's 7-game run ends in 2-1 loss at Villa as Arsenal draw level

📰 Manchester City's perfect league start is over after a 2-1 defeat at Villa Park. 📌 Key points 🛑 City lost 2-1 at Aston Villa, their first league defeat of the season. ⚽ Nicolas Jackson scored both Villa goals. 🙈 Both goals came from errors by Guehi and Donnarumma. 🎯 City had seven shots on target to Villa's two. 🤝 Arsenal are now level with City on 21 points. 📝 What happened ⚽ Villa led after six minutes: Marc Guehi miscontrolled, John McGinn picked up the ball and Nicolas Jackson finished. 💪 Early in the second half Erling Haaland, back from a foot injury, headed in Iliman Ndiaye's cross for his 13th goal in 10 games. 🙈 Around the hour, Jackson's low shot squirmed under Gianluigi Donnarumma. City pushed on but Zion Suzuki made a string of saves. 🎙️ Maresca said: "Absolutely, both (goals were avoidable). We played most of the game in their box but you have to be clinical and avoid mistakes." Unai Emery called it "one step forward". 📊 By the numbers • City's opening winning run: stopped at 7 • Shots on target: City 7, Villa 2 • Villa's home league wins over City: 4 in a row • Arsenal and City: both on 21 points 🔭 Why it matters Maresca had become the first manager to win his first seven Premier League games at a new club, but City have now lost at Villa Park in four straight seasons. On 28 October City drew 2-2 with Brighton in the Carabao Cup and went through on penalties; they host Bradford City in the quarter-finals.