{"id":1198182,"date":"2022-09-04T11:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/04\/man-city-miss-chance-to-go-top-as-villa-earn-draw\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T11:33:08","slug":"man-city-miss-chance-to-go-top-as-villa-earn-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/04\/man-city-miss-chance-to-go-top-as-villa-earn-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City miss chance to go top as Villa earn draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/3222627-65969808-2560-1440-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"3222627-65969808-2560-1440\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard hopes his side can use their draw against champions Manchester City as a foundation to kickstart their season.<\/p>\n<p>City missed a chance to go top of the Premier League as Leon Bailey\u2019s equaliser earned Aston Villa an excellent draw at Villa Park, while the point took Villa out of the bottom three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo-one gave us any hope or any chance before a ball was kicked,\u201d said Gerrard.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really pleased and proud of what the players gave us and no-one can begrudge us a point, and it\u2019s a big point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the players need to take that confidence moving forwards. You hope it\u2019s a foundation but it\u2019s only a big point if you reset and back it up against Leicester and Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe danger is if you think you\u2019re moving in the right direction but don\u2019t reset. There has been a lot of external noise and rightly so, but it\u2019s now for me to lead even more and be stronger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to stick together and keep developing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The league\u2019s top goalscorer Erling Haaland got his 10th goal in six games when he was in the right place at the back post to volley in Kevin de Bruyne\u2019s superb cross.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring in the 50th minute, Haaland had another two efforts saved by Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez and De Bruyne also hit the crossbar with a 22-yard free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Those missed chances proved costly as Bailey struck a sweet first-time shot into the top corner from Jacob Ramsey\u2019s square pass to make it 1-1 in the 74th minute.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"eCx2VtZtQJM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Retinoblastoma: Causes, Effects and Treatment - Nkwa Hia on Adom TV (3-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eCx2VtZtQJM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard hopes his side can use their draw against champions Manchester City as a foundation to kickstart their season. 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