Wipe Your Eyes Ole, Villa Take Fantastic United Victory & Yes, They Had Their Obligated Penalty To Boot – Match Stats

Well, the day was finally here. Aston Villa’s annual trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United and ‘penalty’ wasn’t the only word of the day – we also had the added bonus of referee Mike Dean to boost our spirits.

Now, I’ll be absolutely honest here. I have no idea how we played as I was otherwise engaged earlier today, so as Sod’s Law usually works against me, I’m actually not that surprised to see that we took a tight and narrow 1-0 victory courtesy of a late Kortney Hause effort.

I’m also not that surprised to see that Manchester United’s obligated penalty came in the 93rd minute and amidst calls for an Football Association inquiry, Bruno Fernandes made up for his previously cheaply won penalty when fouling Ezri Konsa and channelled his inner Chris Waddle and blazed it over the bar.

Our first win at the Theatre Of Cheats since 2009 and it seems every neutral seems to agree we weren’t only good value for the three points, but having had the better chances on the day the scoreline should’ve been slightly more comprehensive.

Onwards and upwards.

Manchester United				Aston Villa
				Hause (88)
De Gea				Martinez
Wan-Bissaka				Cash
Varane				Konsa
Maguire			67	Hause
Shaw			34	Mings
McTominay			82	Targett
Fred				McGinn
Greenwood				Ramsey			86
Bruno Fernandes				Douglas Luiz
Pogba				Ings			78
Cristiano Ronaldo				Watkins
Substitutes
Lindelof			67	Buendia			78
Martial				Steer
Lingard				Traore
Dalot			34	Young
Cavani			82	Nakamba
Heaton				El Ghazi
Sancho				Chukwuemeka
Matic				Archer			86
van de Beek				Bogarde

Game Statistics
28	Goal attempts	7
4	On Target	3
5	Corners	5
9	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
60	%	40