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At 3:55 a.m. Beijing time on January 11, a match in the third round of the FA Cup began to be contested, and Manchester United faced Aston Villa at home. Manchester United's league record is not good, only 31 points, ranking 7th in the table, and the prospect of competing for 4 is not optimistic. United lost the last game, lost at home and lost to Wolves. This time in the FA Cup, Manchester United are playing against Gerrard's Aston Villa. The two sides met in the 6th round of the Premier League, when Manchester United lost at home. This time again, Manchester United won, although the process was very difficult, but it was also a revenge.
Ronnick discharged in a 4231 formation for the match. De Gea served as the starting goalkeeper. Dalot, Lindelof, Varane and Luke Shaw are paired at 4 defenders. Scott McTominay and Fred formed a double back. Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandez and Greenwood joined forces. Cavani topped the front. Jesse Lingard, Van der Beek, Mata, Wan-Bissaka and Nemanja Matic are on the bench. Cristiano Ronaldo is absent. Longnick spoke before the game about the reason for Ronaldo's absence. He said that Ronaldo told him that he had some problems these days, so he did not want to risk injury in this game and let him rest well.
United started the game very well, with Scott McTominay scoring for United in the 8th minute. McTominay was too powerful. United have scored four goals in their last three games in all competitions, with McTominay contributing two. Trailing Aston Villa stepped up their attacks, with Watkins, Buendia and McGinn all having very good chances, but none of them scored the ball. Among them, one of Watkins' shots was rejected by the goal frame, which is a pity. A long-range shot by Luke Shaw was also very threatening, but was defused by De Gea. The game was played more openly. United led 1-0 at half-time.
Aston Villa played more aggressively in the second half and twice sent the ball into goal, but it was blown off. Among them, Danny Yings's goal was blown off with some controversy. Reinkel made his opinion, saying: "It was a rather strange intervention, VAR seemed determined to find some reason to blow off the goal, and they weren't sure if it was offside. "In any case, United have escaped two disasters. Cash's blast was then defused by De Gea. Greenwood had the chance to kill the game, but he failed to take advantage of the one-handed opportunity. The final score was fixed at 1-0, and although Manchester United played a bit of a mess at one point, they finally advanced. Lonnick defeated Gerrard.
Manchester United are really Aston Villa's nemesis in the FA Cup, having beaten Aston Villa in the FA Cup seven times in a row. United have reached the fab round of 32 for eight consecutive seasons. Lonnick has managed Manchester United so far, winning four games, three of which are 1-0, which is really thrilling. United lost control of the game a lot of times, with just 43 per cent possession, the lowest of United's home wins this season. Marcus Rashford's performance in this game was disastrous, Edinson Cavani was also dumbfounded, and the forward players were all bad, thanks to Scott McTominay.