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Rob DawsonCorrespondent
BIRMINGHAM, England -- Manchester United suffered a damaging 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa successful the Premier League clash astatine a lively Villa Park, arsenic Unai Emery's broadside gave their caller manager the champion invited possible.
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Cristiano Ronaldo captained United but the Portugal guardant could lone ticker connected arsenic Villa took a quick-fire pb done Leon Bailey and Lucas Digne successful the archetypal 11 minutes. A Jacob Ramsey ain extremity reduced the shortage for Erik 10 Hag's team, but helium redeemed himself with a good decorativeness successful the 49th infinitesimal to springiness Emery a triumph successful his archetypal lucifer successful complaint since his assignment past month.
ESPN's Rob Dawson has absorption and investigation from Villa Park.
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Rapid reaction
1. Man United amusement Ten Hag determination is tons of enactment inactive to do
Just erstwhile you deliberation Manchester United mightiness beryllium gathering thing nether Ten Hag, they propulsion successful a horrific performance. Aston Villa won a league crippled against United astatine Villa Park for the archetypal clip since August 1995, and it was afloat deserved. Villa, led by caller manager Unai Emery for the archetypal time, won 3-1, but it could person been more.
United were 2-0 down wrong 11 minutes and were lone backmost successful it astatine half-time acknowledgment to a fluke extremity erstwhile Luke Shaw's changeable was deflected past Emiliano Martinez by Ramsey, and immoderate Villa nerves were settled by a 3rd extremity aboriginal successful the 2nd half.
It's inactive aboriginal successful Ten Hag's reign and consistency cannot hap overnight, but it's inactive singular that a squad tin look truthful atrocious against Brentford but past truthful bully against Liverpool, bushed Arsenal but crumble astatine Manchester City past predominate Tottenham Hotspur but besides illness astatine Villa.
There person been plentifulness of signs that Ten Hag has United heading successful the close direction, but helium volition beryllium keen to chopped retired the blips that are becoming semi-regular. United person a Carabao Cup crippled against Villa and a Premier League travel to Fulham to travel earlier the World Cup, and possibly the interruption is coming astatine the close time.
2. Van de Beek uses up different of his lives
With Bruno Fernandes suspended, Donny van de Beek was handed his archetypal Premier League commencement successful 701 days, but it mightiness beryllium his past for a while. After an anonymous 45 minutes, helium was precocious reappearing for the 2nd half, and it wouldn't person been a astonishment if the Dutchman hadn't travel backmost retired astatine all.
He was yet substituted aft 65 minutes with United already 3-1 down, and it was thing of a occurrence that helium lasted that long. He managed conscionable 18 touches successful much than an hr connected the pitch. In comparison, his partners successful cardinal midfield, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen, had touched the shot much than 50 times each by the clip Van de Beek made his exit.
Ten Hag gave Van de Beek a accidental to marque an content with starts against Real Sociedad and Villa successful the abstraction of 4 days, but helium did thing to suggest helium should beryllium successful the squad erstwhile United play Villa again successful the Carabao Cup connected Thursday. Not picked successful Netherlands' provisional World Cup squad, the midfielder is astir to get a lengthy break, but it whitethorn beryllium awhile earlier helium gets different accidental successful a United shirt, adjacent erstwhile the play restarts.
3. Emery makes contiguous impact
Emery couldn't person asked for overmuch much from his archetypal crippled successful charge. Villa were successful the bottommost 3 erstwhile the crippled kicked off, but for the archetypal 30 minutes they played similar a squad challenging for a spot successful the apical six.
With Bailey and Ollie Watkins playing arsenic divided strikers, United ne'er got to grips with Emery's strategy and were near chasing shadows for astir of the archetypal half. The 2nd fractional started with United connected the beforehand foot, but erstwhile Ramsey had scored a superb extremity pursuing a objective counter-attack to marque it 3-1, Villa were ne'er truly troubled. The location fans felt truthful comfy that with much than 10 minutes inactive to play, they were chanting, "Unai, Unai, springiness america a wave."
Emery's grounds -- peculiarly astatine Sevilla and Villarreal -- suggests helium tin get players to bargain successful to his methods and if thing else, Villa played similar a squad with plentifulness of content successful the plan. Villa had won conscionable 5 of their erstwhile 24 league matches portion United had mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 10, but determination was lone 1 squad who looked similar they were playing with assurance and composure.
Player ratings
Aston Villa: Martinez 7, Cash 7, Digne 8, Konsa 7, Mings 7, Luiz 8, Dendoncker 7, Buendia 7, Bailey 8, Ramsey 9, Watkins 7.
Subs: McGinn 7, Young 6, Ings 6, Kamara 6, Sanson 6.
Manchester United: De Gea 6, Dalot 6, Shaw 5, Lindelof 4, Martinez 6, Casemiro 5, Eriksen 6, Van de Beek 4, Rashford 4, Garnacho 6, Ronaldo 5.
Subs: Martial 5, Malacia 5, Elanga 5.
Best and worst performers
BEST: Jacob Ramsey
He recovered tons of abstraction successful Emery's strategy and made the astir of it with a extremity and an assist.
WORST: Victor Lindelof
He got dragged retired of presumption for Villa's archetypal extremity and past fto Watkins rotation into the punishment country successful the build-up to their third.
Highlights and notable moments
There was nary emotion mislaid betwixt Ronaldo and Tyrone Mings erstwhile the 2 tangled successful the 2nd fractional and had to beryllium pulled isolated by teammates.
After the match: What the players and managers said
Emery connected his invited astatine Villa Park: "The supporters were astonishing supporting america and the players were large with the plan. First measurement is instrumentality confidence, commencement with vigor and the supporters supported with their response. We person the players with the bully skills. The mode we played the 90 minutes we tin beryllium optimistic but lone archetypal measurement and we person to enactment a batch to support improving."
Ten Hag connected his players resorting to aiming crosses toward Ronaldo: "I deliberation it was anserine to bash that. Because we delivered excessively rapidly crosses successful from excessively acold and excessively overmuch forcing and we don't assistance him. We person to bring successful the crosses successful the close moment. We bring the crosses successful excessively quickly. The close infinitesimal was Christian Eriksen successful the archetypal fractional successful the pouch to present the shot to Cristiano astatine the acold post, that was the close moment."
Ten Hag connected his players not pursuing his tactics: "Already I'm a agelong clip successful football, they are people; quality beings are not robots. Sometimes it's the mode it is and it's intelligence but it is not acceptable. Don't get maine wrong, we person to beryllium acceptable for each crippled and not springiness games distant truthful easily. When you commencement a crippled similar this you get beat."
Key stats (via ESPN Stats & Info)
Ramsey is the 4th subordinate successful Premier League past with a goal, assistance and ain extremity successful a azygous Premier League match, aft Gareth Bale (November 2012), Wayne Rooney (October 2012) and Kevin Davies (December 2008).
Up next
Aston Villa: Fresh disconnected the backmost of a large triumph implicit Manchester United, Unai Emery's archetypal distant travel arsenic Aston Villa manager is against ... Manchester United, successful the Carabao Cup connected Thursday. After that, Villa are again connected the roadworthy astatine Brighton & Hove Albion adjacent Sunday, earlier the Premier League breaks for the World Cup.
Manchester United: Ten Hag has the accidental for instant revenge against Emery's Villa astatine Old Trafford, and helium whitethorn good usage the crippled to marque immoderate changes to the squad earlier adjacent Sunday's sojourn to Fulham brings the curtain down connected 2022 for the Red Devils.
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