Aston Villa ended Manchester City’s nine-game unbeaten run with a 1-0 win on Sunday afternoon – and Micah Richards has pinpointed just where Unai Emery won the tactical battle.

Matty Cash’s early wonder strike saw Aston Villa take the lead over Manchester City on Sunday, and the Cityzens couldn’t find their way back into the game in their second blank of the season in the Premier League.

Despite boasting goal machine Erling Haaland, City could not get near Villa until the 90th minute, where a Haaland goal was ruled out for offside.

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And Micah Richards says it was the physicality of Morgan Rogers and Amadou Onana that won the battle in the middle of the park for Unai Emery.

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Aston Villa had a poor start to the campaign, but they’ve now won four games in a row to completely turn the tide of their season.

That has been down to the individual brilliance of their squad, which has been crafted carefully over the past half-decade.

And it was the superb performances of Morgan Rogers and Amadou Onana that really got Micah Richards thinking, with their physical...