Aston Villa vs Manchester United, 2020-21 English Premier League
· English Premier League
89': Ollie Watkins
FT
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Man United keep City waiting for title as Fernandes, Greenwood, Cavani net in comeback at Villa
Manchester United made Manchester City wait a little longer to win the Premier League title following a comeback 3-1 win at Villa Park.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
- 1': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
- 6': Attempt saved. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 7': Attempt missed. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Targett.
- 9': Attempt saved. Fred (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 9': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
- 11': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 12': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Harry Maguire.
- 16': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 17': Foul by Fred (Manchester United).
- 17': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Luke Shaw.
- 19': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19': Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
- 22': Attempt missed. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luke Shaw.
- 22': Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United).
- 22': Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 23': Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
- 23': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 0. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
- 25': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
- 26': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Scott McTominay (Manchester United).
- 27': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 27': Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw.
- 28': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
- 29': Hand ball by Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United).
- 31': Attempt missed. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) header from outside the box misses to the left.
- 33': Foul by Scott McTominay (Manchester United).
- 33': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 36': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
- 38': Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 39': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 40': Attempt saved. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fred.
- 41': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 42': Foul by Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa).
- 42': Harry Maguire (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
- 44': Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa).
- 45'+1': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 45'+1': Harry Maguire (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 0.
- 46': Foul by Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa).
- 46': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
- 48': Attempt blocked. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 48': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
- 50': Attempt saved. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
- 51': Penalty Manchester United. Paul Pogba draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 51': Penalty conceded by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 52': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 1. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 56': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 2. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
- 58': Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa).
- 58': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
- 59': Attempt missed. Harry Maguire (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Dean Henderson.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Maguire.
- 63': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
- 64': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
- 65': Substitution, Manchester United. Edinson Cavani replaces Mason Greenwood.
- 65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Douglas Luiz.
- 66': Foul by Fred (Manchester United).
- 66': Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Harry Maguire (Manchester United).
- 67': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 67': Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Edinson Cavani.
- 69': Foul by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
- 69': Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Matthew Cash (Aston Villa).
- 70': Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Shaw.
- 72': Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Foul by Edinson Cavani (Manchester United).
- 76': Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Targett following a set piece situation.
- 77': Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Ross Barkley.
- 78': Substitution, Aston Villa. Wesley replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
- 78': Substitution, Manchester United. Eric Bailly replaces Harry Maguire because of an injury.
- 78': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 78': Luke Shaw (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 79': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Attempt saved. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keinan Davis.
- 83': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
- 83': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 83': Attempt saved. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Targett.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Matt Targett (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 86': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
- 86': Substitution, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic replaces Bruno Fernandes.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 87': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 3. Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross.
- 89': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 89': Second yellow card to Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 90'+5': Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 3.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 3.
Statistics
 MAN |
AVL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 4 |
| 58.9 | Possession | 41.1 |
| 18 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 483 | Accurate Passes | 307 |
| 563 | Passes | 383 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 19 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 49 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 10 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 19 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brentford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 26 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 5 | Tyrone Mings |
| 4 | Ezri Konsa |
| 18 | Matt Targett |
| 2 | Matty Cash |
| 20 | Ross Barkley |
| 6 | Douglas Luiz |
| 7 | John McGinn  |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 21 | Anwar El Ghazi |
| 15 | Bertrand Traoré |
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 26 | Dean Henderson (GK) |
| 5 | Harry Maguire |
| 2 | Victor Lindelöf |
| 23 | Luke Shaw |
| 29 | Aaron Wan-Bissaka |
| 18 | Bruno Fernandes |
| 17 | Fred |
| 39 | Scott McTominay |
| 10 | Marcus Rashford |
| 6 | Paul Pogba |
| 11 | Mason Greenwood |
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