Man City player ratings vs Aston Villa as Josko Gvardiol and Bernardo Silva poor

Ederson: City's best player, making a number of excellent saves and unfortunate to see the ball deflected past him for the goal. 7

Walker: Didn't win many duels all night as Watkins and McGinn applied an effective squeeze. 5

Akanji: Better than most carrying the ball and alert to cut out a number of dangerous situations. 7

Dias: Unfortunate with the deflection and did a reasonable job of fire-fighting, even if he couldn't turn the momentum. 6

Gvardiol: A rough night up against Bailey where he was beaten more often than not by the tricky winger. 4

Stones: Centre-back, right-back, holding midfield or secondary striker. A few signs of rustiness but City are a better team with him in it. 6

Lewis: Struggled to keep the ball as Villa swarmed all over him whenever he was in possession. Improved in the second half. 5

Alvarez: Couldn't offer anything in attack and was unable to stop Villa running through the team in midfield. 5

Foden: Played in Haaland early on and showed more than any other forward before another early sub. 6

Silva: One of his worst performances for a while, needlessly giving the ball away and making poor decisions to put City under pressure. 4

Haaland: Two early chances that were well saved by Martinez. Worked hard defensively but otherwise struggled to be on the same wavelength as Foden. 6

Kovacic (for Lewis, 68) Unable to make any meaningful impression. 6

Nunes (for Alvarez, 68) Got the ball in the Villa box and a needless backheel squandered the chance. 5

Bobb (for Foden, 73) Up to speed with the game and gave a decent performance. 6

Not used: Ortega, Carson, Ake, Gomez, Phillips