When you are as expressive on the touchline as Pep Guardiola, visual evidence can be enough to gauge the importance of an occasion. "You don't have to be a scientist to realise that we were playing against Aston Villa,

Rúben Dias conceded a penalty after committing a foul on Jacob Ramsey in the penalty area. A spot kick was not initially awarded to the visitors by referee Craig Pawson. However, VAR John Brooks made the call for Pawson to take a second look at the monitor, after which the referee decided to overrule himself and awarded a penalty to Aston Villa.

Manchester City are in the driver seat for a Champions League place after Matheus Nunes scored his first Premier League goal for the club to beat Aston Villa in stoppage time.