Jackson double ends Man City's perfect run as Villa win 2-1

BREAKING: Aston Villa end Manchester City's perfect Premier League record with a 2-1 win, Nicolas Jackson scoring twice at Villa Park.

Manchester City's perfect season is dead, and Nicolas Jackson killed it twice.

Aston Villa beat City 2-1 at Villa Park, and both goals came from the same man. Jackson, the striker Chelsea decided they could live without, picked the champions' pocket in front of the Holte End. There he is, celebrating like a man with a point to prove, because he absolutely is one.

And look at the Villa players piling in together. That's what it looks like when you take down a team that hadn't dropped a point all season. Pep Guardiola came to Birmingham unbeaten, untouchable on paper, and left with questions he hasn't had to answer in months.

For Villa, this is the kind of result that changes how a season feels. For City, the invincible talk ends in October, and every rival in the league just exhaled at once.

This is Liu Yang, reporting for HIT.