Manchester United drops points

Manchester United started their home match at the same time as their noisy neighbours started against Chelsea in London. The perfect opportunity for the Mancunians to extend their lead on Man City. Allthough Aston Villa proved to be a worthy Premier League opponent in the last season. Manchester United should be the better team in this match.

Better stats for Manchester United

For a very very long time this game was in the advantage of Manchester United. Not in terms of goals, but in terms of stats. Man United dominated possession and had 4 times the amount of shots with 28 against 7. Nevertheless, it looked like this match was heading towards a goalless draw. Until the latter stages of the match when Aston Villa defender Kortney Hause headed the ball behind David de Gea. A 0-1 goal in the 90th minute of the game, left only extra time for Aston Villa to defend their lead.

OUR HAUSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6HTvOF2U5x

— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) September 25, 2021

Crazy end of the match

With only a few more minutes to go, Manchester United needed to push forward in an attempt to get a point from this match. The perfect opportunity arises when Hause touched the ball with his arm in his own penalty box. Penalty for Manchester United! We’re not going to lie, this was a moment we’ve all been waiting for. A penalty for Manchester United, who’ve got Bruno Fernandes, the main penalty taker of last season. But they’ve also got Cristiano Ronaldo, who always wants to score. This time Bruno Fernandes got behind the ball. He failed to put the ball in the back of the net. The ball went well over the bar. It looks like he felt the pressure of Cristiano Ronaldo and wasn’t able to cope with this pressure. This miss means Aston Villa takes the three points welldeserved back to Birmingham.