Manchester United faced off against Aston Villa at Villa Park earlier today as they hoped to earn a positive result on the road in the Premier League. The Red Devils made a poor start to the game and conceded the opening goal in the seventh minute when Leon Bailey scored with a great finish. Lucas Digne doubled Aston Villa’s advantage with a brilliant freekick just four minutes later. However, Man United got a goal back when Jacob Ramsey scored an unfortunate own goal in the 45th minute. Erik ten Hag’s men were trailing 2-1 at half-time.
Jacob Ramsey made up for his earlier mistake by netting the home team’s third goal with a brilliant finish. Man United struggled to come up with a response and crashed to a 3-1 loss away from home.
Let’s take a look at how each Manchester United player performed during the clash against the Villans.
GK: David de Gea – 5.5/10
The Spanish keeper made one good save during the game and won’t be happy after letting in three goals today.
RB: Diogo Dalot – 6.5/10
He was a strong presence in the air and earned the ball back a couple of times during the game.
CB: Victor Lindelof – 5.5/10
Lindelof made two important defensive contributions but was far from convincing at the back.
CB: Lisandro Martinez – 6.5/10
The Argentine talent did his fair share of defending and was good on the ball as well.
LB: Luke Shaw – 6/10
Shaw tried his best to keep things tidy when defending inside his half but could last only 64 minutes.
CM: Casemiro – 6.5/10
He anchored the midfield well and made one decent chance in the opponent’s half.
CM: Christian Eriksen – 6/10
Eriksen had a couple of bright moments in the game but was lackluster in the final third.
RW: Marcus Rashford – 6/10
He made one decent run with the ball but failed to threaten the Aston Villa goal.
CAM: Donny van de Beek – 6/10
The Dutch talent made one good chance in the final third but never looked like he had a goal in him.
LW: Alejandro Garnacho – 6/10
He was not shy of having a strike at goal but struggled to be clinical in front of the Aston Villa goal.
ST: Cristiano Ronaldo – 6/10
Ronaldo had a few strikes at goal but failed to take any of his chances.
Substitutes:
LB: Tyrell Malacia – 6/10
He was mostly solid at the back.
ST: Anthony Martial – 6/10
Martial offered very little after coming off the bench.
CAM: Anthony Elanga – 6/10
He was a threat in the final third.
