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Commentary
0¹PHILIPPE COUTINHO's shot beat the Manchester United 'keeper but rebounded off the Manchester United crossbar.
6¹EVRÀ dummied NASRI but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
11¹GOURCUFF's shot was well held by CASILLAS.
17¹The motionless Aston Villa 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from SAKHO fell just over.
18¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from PHILIPPE COUTINHO.
19¹A clever cross from TÉVEZ was shot goalbound by PIQUÉ only for the 'keeper to claw away.
25¹GOAL!! A shot from EVRÀ deflected off the legs of THIAGO and dribbled past the helpless 'keeper and over the line. (1-0 Manchester United)
34¹GOAL!! After some steady play on the left VÍLLA came inside and whacked the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Manchester United)
40¹SISSOKO was put clear by DIARRA and he stepped inside CASILLAS but drilled his shot inches wide.
43¹A tame strike from MESSI trickled agonisingly wide.
2²RONALDO hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
9²A high challenge on TÉVEZ by SISSOKO results in a booking.
12²SERGIO RAMOS shot over.
21²GOAL!! A long clearance by the Manchester United 'keeper beat the Aston Villa defence and ROONEY stroked the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (3-0 Manchester United)
23²The Aston Villa 'keeper managed to palm clear a fierce shot.
27²A cross from XAVI left ROONEY in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
29²GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to VÍLLA who knocked the ball in off the post. (4-0 Manchester United)
29²NASRI made space on the left and touched the ball to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who touched the ball wide.
33²XAVI beat SISSOKO and drilled the ball to ROONEY who toe-poked his shot wide.
35²A shot from ROONEY held little difficulty for the Aston Villa 'keeper.
36²VIDIC fired a right foot shot just wide from long range.
46²PIQUÉ receives a yellow card for a clumsy foul on SAKHO.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 18
Home league form: XLXO
Overall league form: LXLLXXLO
Formation: 4-5-1
Line-ups
Igor AKINFEEV5 15½Iker CASILLAS
Phil JONES7 28 SERGIO RAMOS García
Mamadou SAKHO6 38 Patrice EVRÀ
Lassana DIARRA7 47 Gerard PIQUÉ(c)
DAVID LUIZ Moreira6½57 Nemanja VIDIC
(c)THIAGO Emiliano6½68 XAVI
Moussa SISSOKO6 76½Carlos TÉVEZ
GANSO6½87 Lionel MESSI
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia6½97½Wayne ROONEY(p)
Yoann GOURCUFF6½106½David VÍLLA
(p,f)Samir NASRI6½117 Cristiano RONALDO(f)
Mark CHALKLYManagerChris GODDARD
William RÉMY  12  Florent MALOUDA
Danny HANCOCK  13  Sergio ROMERO
Josh McEACHRAN  14  Dimitar BERBATOV
RAFAEL da Silva  15  Sergio BUSQUETS
Obi ANORUO  16  Nicolás OTAMENDI
 
Manchester United
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WXXW
Overall league form: WWXWXWWW
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 4
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 42,546, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Chris Foy 8)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Thiago 25¹ (og), Vílla 34¹, Rooney 21², Vílla 29²
  
  
Sissoko 9²Piqué 46²
410
115
35
69
38
917
53
45%55%
Man of the match: Xavi