The pace at the Etihad was frantic from the start as Marcus Rashford nearly scored inside the opening 17 seconds, but it was City who took the early lead as Bernardo Silva poked home Omar Marmoush’s pullback at the byline.

Aston Villa 1 (Marcus Rashford 18′ (P))Here are the City player ratings as Manchester City beat Aston Villa 2-1 at the Etihad. The result

Aston Villa's hopes of qualifying for Champions League football suffered a setback after a late defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Villa nearly opened the scoring inside the first 30 seconds when Youri Tielemans controlled the ball and found Marcus Rashford, who fired across goal, only to be denied by the post.