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title: "Jackson leads Aston Villa to victory over Manchester City with a brace in the Premier League"
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description: "Nicolas Jackson scored two goals to lead Aston Villa to a 2-1 win over Manchester City in matchday 8 of the Premier League."
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# Jackson leads Aston Villa to victory over Manchester City with a brace in the Premier League

Nicolas Jackson scored two goals to lead Aston Villa to a 2-1 win over Manchester City in matchday 8 of the Premier League.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 24 October 2026، 16:33 Saudi time

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Jackson leads Aston Villa to victory over Manchester City with a brace in the Premier League

[Aston Villa](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/aston-villa-208) beat visitors [Manchester City](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/manchester-city-199) 2-1 in the two sides' match in matchday 8 of the 2026/27 [Premier League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/premier-league-15) season, which took place at 14:30 Damascus time.

The star of the match was [Nicolas Jackson](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/nicolas-jackson-5965), who scored two goals for Aston Villa, the first in the 6th minute and the second in the 60th minute.

Jackson opened the scoring early in the 6th minute to give Aston Villa the lead at the start of the match.

Manchester City managed to equalise through Erling Haaland in the 52nd minute, before Jackson restored his side's lead with his second goal in the 60th minute.

With this brace, Jackson settled the result of the match in favour of Aston Villa, who came away with a valuable win over Manchester City.

beIN SPORTS broadcast the match.

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