Venue: Old Trafford
LINE-UPS
Manchester United
André Onana, Raphaël Varane, Jonny Evans, Diogo Dalot, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Bruno Fernandes, Christian Eriksen, Kobbie Mainoo, Rasmus Højlund, Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford.
Subs: Daniel Gore, Willy Kambwala, Antony , Altay Bayindir, Donny van de Beek, Scott McTominay, Facundo Pellistri, Sergio Reguilón, Hannibal Mejbri.
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez, Clément Lenglet, Diego Carlos, Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Leander Dendoncker, Ollie Watkins, Jacob Ramsey, Leon Bailey.
Subs: Sam Proctor, Moussa Diaby, Filip Marshall, Tim Iroegbunam, Álex Moreno, Calum Chambers, Jhon Durán, Nicolò Zaniolo, Pau Torres.
3 points. It’s been so long. That felt so good.
Elated for Højlund. Well deserved. Hopefully he kicks on now.
Dalot is a left back. The kids are alright.
Merry Christmas everyone! What a gift.
Great game…haven’t had this feeling for a long time!
And yes, very happy for Hojlund.
Absolutely different team in the second half
Schrodinger United.
Yeah. So much better
This team…
It’s a wild ride
I never doubted it for one second…
It’s nice to watch a game like that after the fact.
Another poorly conceded goal…
At this point I’m just begging for us to score a goal
Nice pass from Mainoo to set up the play for the 2nd goal there
They beat our press easily in the first 30, put us under a lot of pressure, giving away the set pieces that lead to goals. Since then our press has worked better and Villa haven’t had any control. Hopefully we can continue with that pressure and convert chances