Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa: Bruno Fernandes goal seals narrow win for Red Devils

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Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes scores the opening extremity against Aston Villa astatine Old Trafford

Bruno Fernandes scored his 100th vocation extremity to boost Manchester United's Champions League hopes and extremity Aston Villa's 10-match unbeaten run.

Fernandes pounced six minutes earlier half-time aft Emiliano Martinez had turned Marcus Rashford's changeable into his path.

It sealed a deserved triumph for the hosts, who had already gone adjacent done Marcel Sabitzer.

United midfielder Casemiro besides deed the barroom and curled a second-half effort conscionable wide.

However, Ezri Konza astir scrambled a close-range equaliser from a precocious country that had been flicked connected astatine the adjacent post, but the Villa defender was incapable to set his assemblage presumption rapidly capable to steer the shot goalwards and United were capable to clear.

The effect ensures United person a steadfast vantage connected the clubs chasing a top-four spot, with Villa present 9 points adrift of the Red Devils having missed the accidental to chopped the spread to conscionable 3 points.

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Manchester United

Squad number1Player namede Gea
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Dalot
Squad number2Player nameLindelöf
Squad number23Player nameShaw
Squad number12Player nameMalacia
Squad number18Player nameCasemiro
Squad number8Player nameBruno Fernandes
Squad number15Player nameSabitzer
Squad number14Player nameEriksen
Squad number25Player nameSancho
Squad number10Player nameRashford

Squad number5Player nameMaguire
Squad number9Player nameMartial
Squad number17Player nameFred
Squad number21Player nameAntony

Aston Villa

Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number15Player nameÁlex Moreno
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number11Player nameWatkins

Squad number9Player nameTraoré
Squad number16Player nameChambers
Squad number22Player nameDurán
Squad number27Player nameDigne

Line-ups

Man Utd

Formation 4-1-4-1

1de Gea
20Dalot
2Lindelöf
23Shaw
12MalaciaBooked astatine 90mins
18Casemiro
8Bruno Fernandes
15SabitzerSubstituted forMaguireat 86'minutes
14EriksenSubstituted forFredat 76'minutesBooked astatine 87mins
25SanchoSubstituted forAntonyat 76'minutes
10RashfordSubstituted forMartialat 86'minutes

Substitutes

5Maguire
9Martial
17Fred
21Antony
27Weghorst
28Pellistri
29Wan-Bissaka
31Butland
33Williams

Aston Villa

Formation 4-2-3-1

1E Martínez
18YoungSubstituted forChambersat 64'minutes
4Konsa
5Mings
15MorenoSubstituted forDigneat 75'minutes
32DendonckerSubstituted forTraoréat 64'minutes
6Douglas Luiz
7McGinn
10BuendíaSubstituted forDuránat 76'minutes
41J Ramsey
11Watkins

Substitutes

3Santos Silva
9Traoré
16Chambers
22Durán
25Olsen
27Digne
56Revan
58O'Reilly
72Young

Referee:Jarred Gillett

Attendance:73,592

Live Text

Match ends, Manchester United 1, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Aston Villa 0.
Attempt blocked. Calum Chambers (Aston Villa) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked.
Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United).
Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Antony (Manchester United).
Calum Chambers (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Luke Shaw (Manchester United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Jhon Durán (Aston Villa).
Attempt saved. Antony (Manchester United) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Fred (Manchester United) is shown the yellowish card.
Foul by Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United).
Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Marcus Rashford.
Substitution, Manchester United. Harry Maguire replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
Luke Shaw (Manchester United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Dangerous play by Calum Chambers (Aston Villa).

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