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Phil Costa·9 May 2021
OneFootball
Phil Costa·9 May 2021
Manchester United launched another impressive comeback win after beating Aston Villa 3-1 at Villa Park.
Here are three points we took from the game …
To quote Arsenal Fan TV, THEY’VE DONE IT AGAIN. Manchester United are officially the Premier League comeback kings.
The Old Trafford have won 10 (TEN!) top flight matches after conceding first this season, a record by a team in a single season in the competition’s history.
Questions will be asked about why they keep going behind, but having the quality and mentality to keep coming back will only please Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United have also joined Arsenal in becoming the only two teams in English top-flight history to have put together a 25+ game unbeaten run away from home.
This season has been a slow burn for Mason Greenwood – but the touch paper has been well and truly lit.
The 19-year-old has scored seven goals in his last ten games, including this stunning strike to put his side ahead at Villa Park.
In doing so, he has officially overtaken Wayne Rooney in becoming the highest scoring teenager for United in Premier League history – with 16 goals.
You can’t question his talent and potential. If he can add some consistency to those qualities? We’ve got a player on our hands.
After facing some early pressure, Aston Villa grew into the game against United and were even leading at half time thanks to Bertrand Traoré.
Then a five minute collapse lost them the points. Quite what Douglas Luiz was doing, constantly nibbling at Paul Pogba – before eventually giving away the penalty – was baffling.
And when you need a cool head, Tyrone Mings completely sells himself against Mason Greenwood before finishing past Emi Martínez (who should have done better).
It wasn’t anything major or decisive, more an accumulation of errors that proved decisive which quality players will take with open arms.