United conceded a good game at Villa Park, leading 2-0 15 minutes before the game, but was equalised by Aston Villa with two consecutive goals in five minutes. Steven Coutinho, a veteran of Liverpool who was sent to the field in the last moments, changed the situation after coming on as a substitute, scoring the Red Devils goal for the first time with a pass and a shot, which made the Red Devils fans feel pain. After the game, interim manager Ronnick also admitted that The draw felt like a loss for United.
The data shows that this is the first time that Manchester United has led two or more goals in the Premier League since the 3-3 draw with Newcastle United in January 2016 and ultimately failed to win. Lonnick said bluntly after the game: "It's hard to accept this result, under a 2-0 lead, you lost two valuable points, it feels almost like losing." Very frustrated, it's hard to find positives after 90 minutes like this."
As for the reasons for conceding goals in succession, Longnick analyzed: "When you lead 2-0, the momentum is naturally on our side, you should defend better, you have to go in and out of the whole team, the overall defense. And we didn't qualify defensively in the last 15 minutes. We gave too many balls, we didn't have a tight formation enough, so we conceded two goals."
However, Lonnick also praised it as one of the best performances he played since he took charge of Manchester United, "In my opinion, this is one of the best performances in the team since I came here for 6 weeks. For part of the game, I felt it was the best team played." He said, "Our tactic was to put pressure on the opponent in the middle, and after the opening the players executed very firmly, completely controlling the game in the first 30 minutes, mastering the ball, should have been 2-0 or even 3-0 ahead... At the same time, the opponent did not shoot a single shot in the first half hour."
Ronnick shelled the players with some fluttering under a two-goal lead and lost their courage, leading to a good game. "However, after 70 minutes of two goals to lead, you deserve to take all three points. For the most part of the game, the team was very active, of course, the defense can't always be airtight, 15 minutes before the end of the first half, Villa increased the intensity of the pressing, we became not close enough, and our attack in the final moments was not brave enough."
The Manchester United boss added: "But before we scored our own goals, the squad did a very good job. So, I think today's game is still a step forward, but we still have a lot of things to improve and we have to do better. It didn't feel like getting a point, it was about losing two. Everyone is very disappointed at the moment, but there are two more important games that must be prepared more fully, and the most important thing now is to achieve the desired result."
Young winger Erlanga, who started, was also praised by Ronnick, but he declined to confirm that Sweden's fast horses had brought in new signing Sancho for more than £73m in the ranking of appearances. "Erlanga played well, he had two great scoring opportunities, and although he didn't score, he kicked what I expected from him and proved that I wasn't wrong to let him start. But we still have a lot of games and I don't think about who's ahead of whom. Today's decision is for Erlanga to start, but the next game may be different."
Lonnick would rather have two goalkeepers on the Manchester United bench than put Anthony Martial on the squad, who is not injured and has a midweek laugh and went to training. After the game, Lonnick stressed that it was the Manchester United demon king himself who asked not to play, and he was asking to leave the team. Lonnick explains: "Martial doesn't want to be in the squad or he could have been selected, but he doesn't want to compete, so he didn't come with the team yesterday."