It's been a really tough run lately and something that we're not used to. But we're always thankful to be Blues and proud of that fantastic away following and the way they got behind the team again.
We'll be back on Boxing Day when we face Everton at the Etihad Stadium. I hope every City fan has a fantastic Christmas and is then ready for another big game.
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We make a really good first half, second half we dropped. We changed our pressing for the reason John [Stones] could not continue. Congratulations Aston Villa and keep going.
Step by step, we have nice personalities in the team and sooner or later we are going to find it.
[Aston Villa] are good players, it's difficult to come here but we're Man City we should be out there. We have to continue, we have to believe and we have to keep working hard.
We have to continue. First I'm looking at myself, I haven't been doing things good enough, I haven't been scoring my chances. I have to do better, I haven't been good enough.
Of course, [confidence is] not the best. We know how important confidence is and you can see that it affects every human being. That is how it is, we have to continue and stay positive even though it is difficult.
Possession: Aston Villa 45%-55% City
Shots on target: Aston Villa 6-6 City
Shots off target: Aston Villa 3-5 City
Hit the woodwork: Aston Villa 2-0 City
Corners: Aston Villa 5-4 City
Offsides: Aston Villa 3-0 City
Fouls: Aston Villa 14-7 City
Yellow cards: Aston Villa 3-3 City
Keith Curle and Andy Morrison take a looks back at today's game.
...Martinez collects it and the full-time whistle goes. Defeat for City.
A late challenge stops a City break. But a free-kick...
Foden has his first goal of the season. We've got 60 seconds to get an equaliser.
Morgan Rogers goes off to replaced by Buendia. We've got four minutes of added time.
City win a corner and Doku pulls the ball back to the edge of the box but there's no one there to get away a shot.
CommentaryReporting by Jonathan Smith @mancity