In the early morning of January 16, Beijing time, the 22nd round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle: Gerrard's Aston Villa hosted Manchester United, who are determined to return to the Champions League.
This season, the two sides have met twice. In the sixth round of the Premier League, Aston Villa beat Manchester United 1-0 away from home, and in the third round of the FA Cup, Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1:0 at home to advance to advance. In the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester United are managers Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Villa are managers Dean Smith. In the FA Cup, the Manager of Manchester United was replaced by Ronnick and the Manager of Villa was replaced by Gerrard.
Manchester United played two games at home to Villa, 1 loss and 1 win, a loss of C Ronaldo started and played the whole game, and the win of C Ronaldo was not included in the big list.
In the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United lost 0:1 at home to Wolves, and the prospect of competing for four was overshadowed, and many celebrities believed that If Manchester United wanted to return to the track of winning, it was necessary to win C Ronaldo.
This time away to Vera, C Ronaldo did not enter the big list, Lonnick said that it is because C Ronaldo recently had an injury in training, whether it is true is not known. Manchester United started in 4321 formations, with Cavani as a centre forward, midfielders Nemanja Matic, Fred, Ilanga, Bruno Fernandes and Greenwood, four defenders Tres, Varane, Lindelof, Dalot and goalkeeper De Gea.
Villa started 433, with strikers Ince, Buendia and Watkins, midfielders Jacobs, Luis and Sansson, defenders Digne, Lens, Khonsa and Cash, and goalkeeper Damien Martinez. Liverpool veteran Coutinho, who joined Villa on loan from Barca to return to the Premier League, sits on the bench.
In the opening 6th minute, United broke the deadlock on the field, B Fei's kick in front of the penalty area seemed to be a pass, damien Martinez at that moment Karius soul possessed, out of hand to leak the ball from under the crotch into the goal. Manchester United led Aston Villa 1-0 away.
In the 20th minute, Greenwood's shot was saved by Damien Martinez.
In the 28th minute, United's free kick from the right side of the penalty area, Tres's direct shot was saved by Damien Martinez, and Greenwood took the ball outside the box and then fired a long-range shot that was deflected.
In the 32nd minute, Villa counter-attacked and Watkins' shot was firmly held by De Gea.
In the 36th minute, Villa's corner kick was released, Buendia's header was quite threatening, and De Gea bravely saved the situation.
In the 43rd minute, Digne's shot was saved by De Gea.
Judging from the situation in the first half, Manchester United advanced the ball, but the defense was not stable, and de Gea saved to maintain the lead.
In the 67th minute, United made a steal in front of the field, Fred crossed, B Fei hit the goal, and Manchester United extended the score to 2:0. B. Fei scored twice, without Ronaldo on the pitch, and it seemed as if the former United top scorer was back.
But The Manchester United rear alarm has never been removed. In the 68th minute, Coutinho came off the bench to make his Premier League debut. In the 77th minute, Jacobs scored and Villa pulled a goal back. In the 81st minute, Coutinho scored with an assist from Jacob. Villa equalised.
Injury time was 4 minutes away, and neither side was killed. The two-goal lead was eventually equalized, Manchester United drew this game, the Premier League has been 2 consecutive rounds of 1 draw and 1 loss, the prospect of fighting for four is really not optimistic.