Watkins double spoils Guardiola's Manchester City farewell

— Match Report

Pep Guardiola's 593rd and final game in charge of Manchester City ended in a 2-1 Premier League defeat to Aston Villa as Ollie Watkins struck twice to send the Spaniard into retirement without one last victory at the Etihad Stadium.

Antoine Semenyo had given City a first-half lead from a corner, but Villa, fresh from their Europa League triumph over Freiburg, came alive after the break to confirm fourth place and end Bournemouth's hopes of Champions League qualification.

Semenyo strikes amid a heavy occasion

A record 60,332 crowd packed the Etihad on a sweltering afternoon, the newly expanded and renamed Pep Guardiola Stand fully open for the first time. With the chant of "10 more years" ringing around the ground, City controlled the opening period and threatened through Savinho and Tijjani Reijnders before breaking through.

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