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Daniel Sturridge names the Aston Villa star who actually blew him away vs Man City apart from Morgan Rogers
Unai Emery’s Aston Villa put in a statement performance in their 2-1 victory against Manchester City.
While Manchester City managed to dominate much of the first half despite trailing 1-0, Aston Villa took complete control of procꦡeedings in the second.
Goals from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers rendered Phil Foden’s late strike inconsequential at ꦆVilla Park.
Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
5 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
Aston Villa’s dynamic dribbler dominated much of the headlines after his stellar perfor🐼mance.
Pep Guardiola lauded Morgan Rogers and described ♕him as an “exceptional player” ꦚafter his heroics.
How𝕴ever,🍬 Daniel Sturridge also reserved special praise for Duran during the contest.

Daniel Sturridge raves about Jhon Duran during Aston Villa vs Man City
Youri Tielemans hailed Duran as a striker who “can do anything” as he continues to have an incredible breakthrough season. Lucas Di🐎gne was buzzing after Duran’s contra🌱ct extension was cꦉonfirmed alongside Amadou Onana as he seems to be very highly rated at Villa.
As Duran opened the scoring for Aston Villa against Manchester City with a simple tap-in, Daniel Sturridge sang his pra📖ises on X.
“Jheez Jhon Duran again! He’s a top finisher and a constant threat. Love watching ꧙him develop. 21 years young.”
On another day, the Colombian goalsc♈orer could have scored a brace a﷽s he had the chance to put Aston Villa into the lead just second into the contest after Josko Gvardiol was dispossessed.
However, Duran took a shot from quite far out despite being one-v-one with ﷺStefan Ortega and fluffed his lines.
Daniel Sturridge also lauded Rogers’ display, 🐟writing on X: “Morgan Rogers, best player 🐷on the pitch today. Baller!”
What Jhon Duran has done no other player has in Premier League history
Duran is having the season of his life, scoring seven Premier League goals for Aston Villa tಞhis campaign.
The 21-year-old has started jus♍t three league this season, which goes to show just how impactful he has been.
Duran averages a goal in the Pre👍mier League every 82 minutes, which is the best record of any player in the division’s history.
Such is the �𝄹�former Chicago Fire’s effectiveness in front of goal this season.
Duran is proving to be a tremendous coup for Aston Villa and it seems like he has upstaged Ollie Watkins as Aston Vil๊la’s startin♐g striker.