Man City 2-1 Aston Villa LIVE- Injury time winner secures crucial victory for City, reaction to follow

Emery declared: “We wanted to win. We always have to build our mentality. It would have been a good point but not enough… I was not happy with one point.

“We were competing and trying to win.”

Emery continued: “Disappointed but overall I have to tell the players that I am proud of them. Have to take positive energy for Saturday and the rest of the season.”

“Today we lost but there are still matches to play, still points to play for. We will have chance to get Champions League football.”

After the match Unai Emery said: “We played a really competitive match.

“I am overly proud of what we are doing this season.”

ABSOLUTE SCENES! 🤯

Man City find the net in the dying moments of stoppage time 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MlavhDKfuA

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They left it late but City claim all three points in the end.

Emery looked to have got his gameplan spot on but Villa just lose out. It is a huge result in the race for Champions League qualification.

City have won it at the death!

Doku skips past Disasi and plays a great ball into the middle. It goes past everyone but Nunes arrives at the back post to turn it in.

There have been five minutes added on.

A goal for either side would be massive here.

Morgan Rogers is taken off for Donyell Malen.

It is Emery’s last substitute and his final roll of the dice.

Watkins is shown a yellow card for an off the ball incident with Dias.

Tempers are continuing to rise.

Marmoush has the ball in the net but the flag is up for offside.

VAR confirms the decision.

Matheus Nunes drags back John McGinn to stop the Scottish international getting away from him.

He is shown a yellow card.

Marcus Rashford is off for Ollie Watkins and Amadou Onana makes way for Marco Asensio.

One like for like change and one more attacking move from Emery.

Guardiola decides it is time for a change.

James McAtee is replaced by Jeremy Doku.

Gvardiol is the first City plqyer to be booked.

He trips Tielemans on the half-way line and is shown the yellow card.

O’Reilly puts an amazing cross into the middle and picks out McAtee.

However the City attacker scuffs his shot and cannot finish it.

Rogers slides in Rashford behind the hosts’ defence.

He takes it round Ortega but is forced wide and cannot finish from a tight angle.

Emery makes the first substitutions of the match.

Matty Cash and Jacob Ramsey are replaced by Axel Disasi and John McGinn.

McAtee gets in behind for the home side.

He attempts to dink Martinez and has him beaten but his effort goes just wide.

The hosts are ramping up the pressure here but the Villa defence is standing firm.

The visitors seem content with a draw and are running down the clock. However, they will always carry a threat on the counter-attack.

A De Bruyne cross is headed clear by Matty Cash but only as far as O’Reilly.

The youngster’s volley goes just wide.

Morgan Rogers pulls back Nico O’Reilly who is driving forward.

The referee shows a yellow card to the Villa man.

Ilkay Gundogan takes the kick off for the hosts.

We are underway in a massive second half.

There has been plenty of gamesmanship from the vistors in the first half. This has frustrated City’s players and fans who already feel aggreived by the soft penalty decision that went against them.

This game has huge significance and we could be in for a fiery second half.

Already on a yellow card, Digne has left another late challenge on James McAtee.

The referee does not produce a card.