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Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-1 in a match on matchday 17 of the English Premier League.
With the victory, the “Red Devils” rose to the top of the Premier League standings with Liverpool, and both teams now have 33 points.
The first half was quite dynamic and there were no attacks on both gates. The only goal of the first half came in the 40th minute and was the work of Anthony Marcial, who intercepted a good header from One-Bissaka. The Frenchman scored his second goal for the team this season.
The second half started better for the guests, who created several good positions and Traore managed to equalize the score in the 58th minute. Villa’s joy was short-lived as just a minute later United received a penalty for a foul against Paul Pogba. Behind the ball was the usual artist Bruno Fernandes and he was right 2: 1.
In the next round Manchester United will visit Burnley, before which there will be a semi-final battle with Manchester City for the Carabao Cup and a match against Watford for the FA Cup.
United started the match in a whirlwind and were able to find the result in the 1st minute. Bruno Fernandes received a magnificent pass from behind Villa’s defense. The Portuguese dropped the ball and attempted a strong cross, but the guest goalkeeper succeeded and deflected.
A little later, Bruno Fernandes took the ball in the middle and sent a quick pass to Anthony Marcial. The Frenchman took control, entered and fired at the far corner of Martínez, but the Argentine drove again.
Little by little, the “lions” leveled the game, but United continued to seek more the goal.
The logical thing happened in the 40th minute. After a great counterattack, Marcus Rashford found Aaron One-Bissaka on the wing, the winger crossed and it was not difficult for the discovered Martial to send the ball into the net. 1: 0!
The second half started better for Aston Villa. The guests created several dangerous situations against De Gea, but the goalkeeper showed why he is considered one of the best in the world.
However, in the 58th minute the guests managed to equalize the score through Bertrand Traore. Villa quickly took a direct free kick and caught the home team defense off guard.
Just a minute later, Paul Pogba was brought down in Villa’s penalty area and the referee pointed to the white spot. Penalty for United. The situation was also reviewed with the VAR system, but the solution remained. Bruno Fernandes took over the performance and gave Martínez no chance.
At the end of the match there were no situations in front of both gates, but the goalkeepers were at a very high level and the result remained unchanged.
Manchester United – Aston Villa 2: 1
Goal scorers:
1: 0 Martial – 40 ‘
eleven Traore – 58 ‘
twenty-one Fernandes – 60 ‘(penalty)
Manchester United: De Gea, One Bisaka, Maguire, Bai, Shaw, Fred, McTominey, Pogba, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial
Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Target, McGinn, Lewis, Greenish, El Ghazi, Traore, Watkins
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