The 4th Official
·25 September 2021
The 4th Official
·25 September 2021
Aston Villa faced off against Manchester United at Old Trafford earlier this afternoon hoping to pick up a surprise win on the road. Both teams fought tooth and nail in the first 45 minutes but were unable to make the breakthrough as they went into the half-time interval with a goalless scoreline.
Dean Smith’s men kept themselves in the game after the referee resumed play and managed to score a late goal courtesy of Kortney Hause’s excellent header in the 88th minute. However, Hause gave away a penalty soon after as he was caught handling the ball. Fortunately for him, Bruno Fernandes ended up missing his penalty as the contest finished 1-0 in favour of the West Midlands outfit.
Let’s take a look at how each Aston Villa player fared during the match against the Red Devils.
The Argentine keeper made some solid saves to restrict the Man United attackers from scoring during the 90 minutes. He will be quite pleased with the clean sheet today.
Konsa was strong in the air and made a handful of important clearances on the defensive end of the field. He even pulled off a few crucial blocks to deny the opposition a goal.
Besides giving away a late penalty, Hause kept things solid at the back. He ended up winning the game for the Villans with a great header in the 88th minute.
The English centre-back secured the ball back quite a few times for his team. He also didn’t take too many chances with his clearances.
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He performed his defensive duties quite well and was lively at times in the Man United half. Smith will be happy with his performance today.
McGinn works his socks off in midfield but struggled to get a foothold in the game. His influence in the final third was minimal during the game.
He got stuck in with a couple of strong tackles but offered very little in the opponent’s half. He got replaced in the 85th minute.
The Brazilian midfield ace won the ball back on a few occasions and managed to engineer some decent chances for his teammates to score. He even picked up an assist for setting up Hause’s match-winner.
He didn’t do much wrong when defending inside his half. However, Targett failed to give a good account of himself in the final third.
The ex-Liverpool forward tried his best to help his teammates out on the field but never got a sniff at goal.
Watkins caused a few headaches for the Man United defenders but could not convert any of his chances throughout the game.
He created one good chance after coming off the bench.
Archer hardly had any time to make an impact.