Aston Villa v Man Utd - as it happened
Join us for live coverage of the Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Man Utd at Villa Park. Man Utd need the points to close the gap on fourth placed West Ham.
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
End of match
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96'FT: Aston Villa 2-2 Man Utd!! All over at Villa Park and it's another poor perfromance by Rangnick's men. United looked to have it under control with Fernandes' two goals, but Coutinho's entrance changed the game. He set up Ramsey to make it 1-2 and then scored himself to get a draw for the home side. Thanks for joining us and see you again soon!
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96'Man Utd win a corner, but Villa get it away.
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93'Buendia has taken a blow and he's getting treatment.
Substitution
at Manchester United
Substitution
at Manchester United
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89'Man Utd sub: Greenwood and B Fernandes are off, Lingard and Van de Beek are on.
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87'Chance for Coutinho after being laid off by Ramsey and the shot is an easy one for De Gea!
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83'An assist and a goal for the Brazilian!
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81'Coutinho levels for Villa! An assist and now a goal! Buendia gives to Ramsey in the box and he squares for Coutinho who taps in!
Substitution
at Manchester United
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78'Man Utd sub: Sancho on for Elanga.
Goaaaaaal!
de Aston Villa en el 77'
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Statistics of Jacob Ramsey in Premier League3460.18160
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77'Ramsey pulls one back for Villa!! Coutinho plays a one-two with Chukwuemeka, Coutinho then lays off to Ramsey who beats De Gea!
Substitution
at Aston Villa
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76'Villa sub: Chukwuemeka is on for Ings.
Substitution
at Aston Villa
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68'Aston Villa sub: Coutinhho is on for Sanson. That was really poor defending for the goal, by the way.
Goaaaaaal!
de Manchester United en el 67'
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Statistics of Bruno Fernandes in Premier League36100.286100
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67'Fernandes makes it 0-2!!! Fred wins the ball for United, he lays off to the Portuguese whose shot from inside the box goes in off the crossbar!
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65'Fernandes is in pain after being stepped on by D Luiz, but the Portuguese will be ok.
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64'Chance for Villa, but it comes to nothing.
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62'Ramsey goes down wanting a penalty, but the referee says no!
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61'Greenwood!! The number 11 runs forward and his effort goes across the goal and wide!
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60'Elanga!! The Swede gets the ball just outside the box, he dribbles into it and then hits wide!
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59'Mason Greenwood goes for goal and it flies wide after taking a deflection. Corner!
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57'Digne shoots and the ball strikes the sidenetting!
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55'Digne goes down this near touchline, he passes to Buendia in the middle and the former Norwich man's effort is saved.
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54'72% possession for the home side since the break.
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52'Watkins is unhappy with Fernandes as he feels the United man has gone to ground too easily and the Portuguese takes exception to Watkins trying to pull him up!
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49'Ramsey!! Great save by De Gea to deny the Villa man with his low shot!
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49'Villa are awarded a free-kick.
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47'Chance for Elanga, but the Swede's effort is saved by Martinez!
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47'Fernandes is booked for a sliding tackle on Sanson.
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45'Aston Villa HT sub: Hause on for Konsa.
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45'HT: Aston Villa 0-1 Man Utd! Half-time at Villa Park and United lead thanks to a 6th minute Fernandes goal thanks to a howler by GK Emi Martinez. Man Utd were the much better team for the first half hour, but Villa fought back in the last 15 minutes and De Gea had to make fine saves to deny Buendia and Digne. Back for more shortly!
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45'45+5: A Ramsey clearance sees the ref have to take evasive action!
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45'45+4: Man Utd get themselves a corner.
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45'45+2: Back playing here after that stoppage.
Injured
en Aston Villa
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45'Three added minutes while Konsa is getting treatment.
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43'Digne!!! De Gea saves Man Utd again! A cross from this near side finds the Frenchman and his powerful strike is repelled by the Spanish goalie.
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41'Cash brings down Elanga and United are given a free-kick just into Villa's half.
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38'Another dangerous move forward by the hosts, but Cash can't keep it in play. Villa are having a good spell.
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36'Great save by De Gea!! A corner comes in and Buendia's header is saved!
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35'Aston Villa win themselves a corner.
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33'Greenwood!!! Fernandes feeds Greenwood on this near touchline he shoots across Martinez who saves and Cavani can't head home the rebound!
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32'Buendia runs down the middle, he gives to Watkins to his left whose shot is a tame one at De Gea.
Yellow card
a Manchester United
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31'Matic has his name taken after a tackle on Ings.
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30'Shots: 0-5. on target: 0-3.
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28'A United free-kick is batted away by Martinez and then Greenwood hits wide from just outside the box after controlling.
Yellow card
a Aston Villa
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27'Digne makes a nasty challenge on Dalot just to the side of the box and he's deservedly booked.
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25'Dalot is fouled and the visitors get a free-kick in their own half.
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22'Sanson's ball into the box is well dealt with by the difference.
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20'Cavani is down injured here as Digne steps on him.
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18'Save by Martinez to deny Greenwood! A ball into the box is missed by Cavani and Greenwood is then brilliantly saved by De Gea!
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14'A ball forward by Fernandes looks to find Dalot and the ball goes for a throw-in.
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12'Fred sends a ball to the back post and Elanga heads wide.
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10'Man Utd are in control of this one so far.
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7'Cavani did stick his foot out, but that was a routine stop for the GK...
Goaaaaaal!
de Manchester United en el 6'
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Statistics of Bruno Fernandes in Premier League36100.286100
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6'Fernandes scores after a calamity by the GK, but Martinez wants offside! The ball is touched by Telles and Fernandes' long range shot is fumbled into his own net by Martinez! Cavani sticks his foot and makes a clear attempt to play the ball, but he wasn't offside.
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4'Sanson is penalised for a foul just outside the box.
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3'Man Utd win a free-kick on this near side.
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1'Man Utd win the first corner of the game and they quickly get a second one.
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1'Man Utd get us going from right to left in the silver while Villa are in their usual kits!
Start of match
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PRVWThe players come out here at Villa Park!
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PRVWCoutinho comes out onto the pitch to applause from the crowd! He's on the bench today. He then goes back into the dressing room.
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PRVWAston Villa make two alterations from that game. New signing Digne from Everton replaces Targett while Sanson is in for McGinn.
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PRVWMan Utd make three changes from the FA Cup tie. Telles, Elanga and Matic are in for Shaw, McTominay and Rashford,
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PRVWThese two teams met in the FA Cup last Monday and Man Utd won 1-0, but Aston Villa had two goals disallowed and deserved a draw from that one.
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PRVWIt's 3 degrees and foggy in Birmingham for this one.
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PRVWDavid Coote is the referee for this one while Mike Dean is the VAR.
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PRVW14th v 7th. 22pts v 31pts.
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PRVWMan Utd XI: De Gea (GK); Telles, Varane, Lindelof, Dalot; Elanga, Matic, B Fernandes, Fred, Greenwood; Cavani.
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PRVWAston Villa XI: Martinez (GK); Digne, Mings, Konsa, Cash; Ramsey, D Luiz, Sanson; Buendia, Ings and Watkins.
Pre-match
15 January 2022, 18:30
Referee: David Coote
Stadium: Villa Park
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PRVWHello and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Man Utd!