But Villa are back quickly and are able to keep United at bay in the end. 5:50PM 17 mins Telles whips a ball in towards Cavani in the Villa box. It breaks to Greenwood on the right side of the box, but Martinez comes sprinting out to deny him and it's out for a United corner. The Villa keeper somewhat redeemed himself there after his early howler. 5:45PM 13 mins Fernandes is getting involved in plenty of United attacks here. He's spreading the ball well, probing openings to carve open Villa's defence. 5:41PM 9 mins Sanson tries to skip past the United defence, cutting inside, but he runs into trouble before he's able to play Cash through on his right. 5:38PM 5 mins GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United Bruno Fernandes! A horrendous mistake from Martinez to put United ahead.
The resulting free kick is floated in, but the United players are first to it. 6:00PM 27 mins Telles goes for goal with the free kick; Martinez gets to it well, but then it drops to Greenwood, just outside the Villa D. He takes a touch before unleashing a power drive across the turf which whistles inches wide of Martinez's left-hand post. United are playing with real confidence now, looking much more threatening than in recent games. 5:58PM 26 mins Dalot is hacked down by Digne, just outside the box on United's right.
With Edinson Cavani distracting him, Martinez let the shot slip though his hands and between his legs. He attempted to argue that Telles had not touched the ball, but was clutching at straws. Emi Martinez lets the ball slip through his legs for Fernandes' first goal Credit: ACTION IMAGES After such a poor start, Villa were gaining momentum and growing in confidence.
His pressure on Matic forces the Serbian to fire back to de Gea, who only just clears, sliding with his feet. It would've been a horror of an own goal by Matic had that gone in. 7:02PM 68 mins - Coutinho is on! 7:01PM 66 mins GOAL! Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester United Bruno Fernandes! Sanson with the mistake this time. He passes back, into the path of Fred, who has Fernandes supporting him. He rolls the ball to the Portuguese international, who unleashes a rocket which ricochets off the crossbar and into the back of the net.
He's rightly booked for that one. United with another threatening set=piece opportunity. 5:55PM 22 mins Sanson brings down Elanga in the Villa box. VAR are checking it, but it's deemed not a penalty. Cavani flashes a ball across the box, but no-one is there to get on the end of it. United are looking lively, much more so than recently seen under Rangnick. 5:53PM 20 mins Greenwood starts a counter attack up the right. It's a really strong run, beating a couple of opposition players, and he's able to spread it to Fernandes in the middle.
Cash - and Villa - off the hook. 6:49PM 56 mins Buendia plays Digne in this time. He takes one touch in the box before lashing the ball towards the United goal. In the end, the angle was a little too tight and it ripples the side netting. The new signing is making an instant impact for Gerrard's side. He's involved in almost every Villa attack here.
6:58PM 63 mins Fernandes has gone down. He had a tussle with Luiz, and it looks like the Villa man has stepped on the back of Fernandes's knee. Not sure if that was intentional or not. 6:55PM 61 mins Ramsey is body-checked by Lindelof on the edge of the United box. They feel that should've been given a foul there - and it's hard to disagree. Chants of "you're not fit to referee" echo around Villa Park.
With his Portugal team-mate absent, Bruno took centre stage in place of United’s superstar. When Alex Telles rolled a free-kick to him 30 yards from goal on the left flank, most expected Bruno to cross, including Martinez. Instead, Bruno tried his luck with a dipping drive straight at the Villa keeper but wobbling in the air.
Telles takes a touch with the free kick, Fernandes takes the ball and moves towards the box, unleashing a shot from outside. It looks like Martinez is to it, but he doesn't expect the bounce and drops between his legs and over the goal line! 5:35PM 4 mins Sanson brings down Telles on the left for another United free kick on the left side. Plenty of set pieces for the visitors in these opening few minutes. Can they capitalise? 5:34PM 2 mins Konsa thumps the ball behind for an early United corner.
Full back to full back action. 6:11PM 37 mins Quick free kick taken by Villa; it's to Sanson, who then plays Digne in up the left. It's crossed in, but headed away. Another dinked cross comes into the box. But Ings, it looks like, can't quite get to it. A very positive period of play from Villa these last few minutes. 6:06PM 35 mins Aston Villa corner now. It's whipped in by Digne, Buendía is too it on the front post, but a brilliant save from de Gea denies the Villa man. 6:05PM 31 mins Watkins gets a shot away from the left side of United's box. But he's tried for a curling plant and de Gea reads that and comfortably collects. 6:02PM 29 mins Matic picks up a yellow for foul on Ings, about halfway into United's half.
“I don't think we were panicking but we were not as compact as we were in other parts of the game and the two goals we conceded were too easy for them to dribble through our lines. This is what we did well in other parts of the game but didn't do it well in the last 15 minutes. ” On Sanson kicking out in anger, Gerrard added: “I asked whether it was frustration at the mistake or at me for making the sub. It was over the error and I'm okay with that, we can all make mistakes.
It's headed away and we've got a follow-up. Villa clear again for a throw-in on United's left side. United win a free kick on the left. Telles curls it in, but Watkins is there to cover. Danger averted for now. 5:30PM Kick off! Man United get us under way. 5:27PM The players are emerging from the tunnel now; a reminder of the teams Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Sanson, Luiz, Ramsey, Watkins, Ings, Buendia. Subs: Targett, Steer, Young, Coutinho, Hause, Chukwuemeka, Archer, Iroegbunam, Kesler.
Villa Park erupts. 7:10PM 76 mins GOAL Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United Ramsey! It's been coming, and now they've got their goal. Villa with pressure up the left. It comes to Coutinho, who manages to dribble into the United box and play in Ramsey who smashes his shot into the back of de Gea's net. The Spaniard's saved a few this evening, but there was no way he was getting to that one. Game on! 7:07PM 72 mins Coutinho almost with a dream start.
We'll be back tomorrow with coverage of Liverpool vs Brentford and West Ham vs Leeds. 8:13PM A disappointing evening for Ralf Rangnick He tells Sky Sports: It is very difficult to find some positives. We had spells when I felt it was our best game since I came here. We dominated the game in the first 30 minutes. When you are 2-0 up you have to defend it better. We gave away too many balls at times and were not compact. It feels like a defeat, to be honest.
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