Aston Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 in their Premier League clash at Villa Park on Saturday, with Nicolas Jackson scoring twice to secure victory for the hosts.
Jackson opened the scoring in the sixth minute, finishing a move assisted by John McGinn to give Villa an early lead.
Manchester City responded after the break, with Erling Haaland heading home Iliman Ndiaye’s cross in the 52nd minute to draw the visitors level.
Villa restored their advantage eight minutes later when Jackson scored his second goal of the match, with Ibrahim Mbaye providing the assist in the 60th minute.
City made two changes at half-time, bringing on Phil Foden and Rico Lewis for Rayan Cherki and Marc Guehi as they sought to turn the game around.
Villa also made several substitutions in the second half, including introducing Mbaye, Emiliano Buendia and Ross Barkley.
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