Aston Villa 2 v Manchester United 2. In what turned out to be a very frustrating and in the end a disappointing evening. I have to look at all the positives after so many recent poor performances.
In my opinion, tonight was our best team performance under Ralf since he took over. Don’t get me wrong, losing a two-goal lead is as annoying as anything and it should not happen. However, overall it was a fair result. We were clearly the better team in the first half and dominated play for so long and created chance after chance.
However, towards the end of the first-half and then in the second-half Villa were the better team and unfortunately got what they deserved. Positives for us though were better intensity and better passing (which has been disgraceful recently) whilst actually controlling a game. Something we’ve not done since way before Christmas.
Yes our standards are low, yes we should have seen out the game and got three points, but after so many awful performances since the start of 2022 I’m taking anything positive I can. And for plenty of the game tonight we looked switched on, hungry for the ball whilst looking to be positive and create chances. Greenwood, Elanga and of course Bruno were excellent. De Gea too. Defensive errors from our midfielders and defenders cost us though.
Enjoy Phil’s podcast below :
Aston Villa 2 v Manchester United 2 podcast
Saturday 15th January 2022 @ 5.30pm
Premier League
Aston Villa 2
J Ramsey (77), Coutinho (81)
v
Manchester United 2
Bruno Fernandes (6, 67)
Referee : David Coote
Attendance :
2022
JANUARY – Premier League
3rd Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) @ 5.30pm 0-1
15th Aston Villa (A) @ 5.30pm 2-2
22nd West Ham United (H) @ 3pm
2021
AUGUST results – Premier League
14th Leeds United (H) @ 12.30pm 5-1
21st Southampton (A) @ 2pm 1-1
28th Wolverhampton (A) @ 2pm 0-1
SEPTEMBER results – Premier League
11th Newcastle United (H) @ 3pm 4-1
19th West Ham United (A) @ 2pm 1-2
25th Aston Villa (H) @ 12.30pm 0-1
OCTOBER results – Premier League
2nd Everton (H) 1-1
16th Leicester City 4-2
24th Liverpool (H) 0-5
30th Spurs (A) 0-3
November results – Premier League
6th Man City (H) @ 12.30pm 0-2
20th Watford (A) @ 3pm 4-1
28th Chelsea (A) @ 4.30pm 1-1
December results – Premier League
2nd Arsenal (H) @ 8.15pm 3-2
5th Crystal Palace (H) 1-0
11th Norwich City (A) @ 5:30pm 0-1
14th Brentford (A) @ 7:30pm P-P
18th Brighton & Hove Albion (H) @ 12.30pm P-P
27th Newcastle United (A) @ 8pm 1-1
30th Burnley (H) @ 8.15pm 3-1
All dates/kick off times tbc/subject to change
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