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Game #5697

Aston Villa

12-3-4, 39 PTS

Tuesday, 26 December 2023

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Lost

3rd (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Premier League

Manchester United

10-1-8, 31 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 73,574

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

3-2

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🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 26 December 2023

⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, John McGinn
🎥 | 21’ VAR checks for offside against a goal scored direct from a free kick, goal confirmed
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-0, Leander Dendoncker, Assist by Clément Lenglet
🟨 | 45’+2 Booking, Jacob Ramsey for a bad foul
🕒 | 45’+5 HT Manchester United 0-2 Aston Villa
🎥 | 49’ VAR disallows Manchester United a ‘goal’ for offside just after United make a last ditch header off the line to prevent Ollie Watkins putting Villa 3 up.
🔁 | 50’ Sub off, Lucas Digne (Injury), Sub on, Álex Moreno
🎥 | 55’ VAR reviews an inch perfect tackle from Emiliano Martínez, out of his box, clearing the ball.
💥 | 55’ Erik Ten Hag, Manchester United manager remonstrates for a red card for Emiliano Martínez
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Alejandro Garnacho
🎥 | 66’ VAR reviews for a Manchester United penalty for a Diego Carlos challenge on an offside player
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-2, (Manchester United), Alejandro Garnacho, deflected goal
🟨 | 74’ Booking, Diego Carlos for a bad foul
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Moussa Diaby
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Nicolò Zaniolo
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 2-3, (Manchester United), Rasmus Højlund
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Leander Dendoncker, Sub on, Tim Iroegbunam
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Ezri Konsa for a bad foul
🕒 | 90’+10 HT Manchester United 3-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 54%

Possession A | 46%


Shots F | 10
Shots A | 13

Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 7

Corners F | 6
Corners A | 3

Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 10

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 26 December 2023

  • Ezri Konsa makes his 165th appearance in a Villa shirt (160 Starts) since joining the club as a 21 year old in July 2019 to make it W72 D30 L63, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Nicolò Zaniolo makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 starts) to make it W11 D4 L5, 1 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Leander Dendoncker scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 34th appearances (12 Starts) to make it W18 D5 L11, 1 Goal and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Tim Iroegbunam makes his first league appearance for the club in 20 months having last played as a sub in the 0-0 draw at Leicester in April 2022 to make it 5 Appearances, 1 Start, W3 D1 L1 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2015-16

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #55 |
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Attendance | 73,574 |

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🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Craig Pawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2008-
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 55 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 8 🟥 14 | 1.94

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Craig Pawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2008-
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 11
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 March 2023, Villa 1-0 Palace, Villa Park
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Richard West, Steve Meredith.
Fourth official: Rob Jones.
VAR: Stuart Attwell.
Assistant VAR: Harry Lennard.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Jacob Ramsey, Bad foul
🟨 Diego Carlos, Bad foul
🟨 Ezri Konsa, Bad foul

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🟨 Bruno Fernandes

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

With Boubacar Kamara and Matty Cash suspended and Pau Torres tentatively returning from injury, Clément Lenglet and Leander Dendoncker are handed league starts for the oft fruitless visit to Old Trafford.

Squad Average Age: | 26.12 |
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.99 |
Subs Average Age: | 24.17 |
Bench Average Age: | 23.83 |

Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.33 |
Youngest Starter: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.59 |

Oldest Squad Player: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.33 |
Youngest Squad Player: GK Sam Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.02 |

Oldest Substitute: LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 30.41 |
Youngest Substitute: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 20.05 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Erik ten Hag | 🇳🇱 |

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Manchester United

GK André Onana | 🇨🇲 |
RB Aaron Wan-Bissaka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Raphaël Varane | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jonny Evans | 🇬🇧 |
RB Diogo Dalot | 🇵🇹 |
M Kobbie Mainoo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Christian Eriksen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Bruno Fernandes | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 |
W Alejandro Garnacho | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Marcus Rashford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Rasmus Højlund | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | for LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 50’ |
🔁 | M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 77’ |
🔁 | W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |
🔁 | M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 86’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 86’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Antony | 🇧🇷 | for F Marcus Rashford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80’ |
🔁 | M Scott McTominay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Kobbie Mainoo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81’ |
🔁 | CB Willy Kambwala | 🇫🇷 | for CF Rasmus Højlund | 🇩🇰 | 89’ |
🔁 | M Daniel Gore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Christian Eriksen | 🇩🇰 | 90’+4 |
🔁 | M Hannibal Mejbri | 🇹🇳 | for W Alejandro Garnacho | 🇦🇷 | 90’+5 |

Substitutes

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Sam Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Altay Bayindir | 🇹🇷 |
LB Sergio Reguilón | 🇪🇸 |
M Donny van de Beek | 🇳🇱 |
W Facundo Pellistri | 🇺🇾 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £172.72m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11

Subs Cost: £73.53m
Team Cost: £246.25m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/16
Homegrown: 2/16

Matchday Squad Cost: £274.85m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/20
Homegrown: 4/20

Total Squad Cost: £380.20m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/35
Homegrown: 10/35

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £268.97m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Subs Cost: £95.55m
Team Cost: £364.52m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 4/16

Matchday Squad Cost: £412.40m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/20
Homegrown: 4/20

Total Squad Cost: £898.73m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/35
Homegrown: 6/35

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
GK Sam Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £11.59m |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £12.88m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | Loan |

W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |

CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK André Onana | 🇨🇲 | £45.50m |
GK Altay Bayindir | 🇹🇷 | £4.28m |

CB Raphaël Varane | 🇫🇷 | £35.00m |
CB Willy Kambwala | 🇫🇷 | £3.47m |
CB Jonny Evans | 🇬🇧 | Free |

RB Aaron Wan-Bissaka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £48.29m |
RB Diogo Dalot | 🇵🇹 | £19.80m |
LB Sergio Reguilón | 🇪🇸 | Loan |

M Bruno Fernandes | 🇵🇹 | £56.70m |
M Donny van de Beek | 🇳🇱 | £35.10m |
M Hannibal Mejbri | 🇹🇳 | £8.67m |
M Kobbie Mainoo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Scott McTominay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Youth |
M Daniel Gore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Christian Eriksen | 🇩🇰 | Free |

W Antony | 🇧🇷 | £83.41m |
W Facundo Pellistri | 🇺🇾 | £8.50m |
W Alejandro Garnacho | 🇦🇷 | Youth |

CF Rasmus Højlund | 🇩🇰 | £63.68m |
CF Marcus Rashford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL, 12 Aug 2023 [28]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ACL, 20 Aug 2023 [27]
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | Muscular, 26 Nov 2023 [9]
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Calf, 17 Dec 2023 [3]
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 22 Dec 2023 [2]

Suspension | 2 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 |

Out On Loan | 7 |
RB Kaine Kesler-Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CF Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Finn Azaz | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Plymouth
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 10 |
CB Lisandro Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
CB Victor Lindelöf | 🇸🇪 |
CB Harry Maguire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Luke Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tyrell Malacia | 🇳🇱 |
M Sofyan Amrabat | 🇲🇦 |
M Mason Mount | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Casemiro | 🇧🇷 |
W Amad Diallo | 🇨🇮 |
CF Anthony Martial | 🇫🇷 |

Out on Loan | 2 |
LB Álvaro Fernandez | 🇪🇸 |
LB Brandon Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES

"Move on, be demanding. I told the players that the first part of the season was fantastic but I want more. If they want more we have to work hard to get it." "[I'm] Disappointed after the first half as for 60 minutes we were controlling the game. How we conceded with the mistake in the middle for the first goal, after it the crowd changed. "The atmosphere was so much better for them, pushing them and they went up. Even like that we reacted after the goals. John McGinn had a good chance and Leon Bailey. "It was the key moment as well because Man Utd are at home and with the players they have. We reacted with two chances, but overall we lost the positioning we had before and the result we were keeping in the first 60 minutes. "The first goal really was the key in the match, and then the two chances we created. If we scored one goal in that moment, again our reaction and our mentality could be again strong to keep the result. We didn’t do and we conceded more chances for them to score. At the end, we have to accept it. "After we draw against Sheffield and we lost today, a lot of people are not asking about if we are going to win the title. Before we played those matches, I gave the same message and the same message I am going to send. We have 39 points in the top four but we are not a contender. "Today, we lost a very good opportunity to go one step ahead more against Manchester United. We will fight in the second half of the season trying to be competitive like we were to increase our level. "We did it overall but today, the opportunity we had was fantastic to increase it. It is not stopping our idea or changing our mentality. Now, my focus is against Burnley on Saturday and we must react quickly. “We are disappointed to lose, but we were last year fighting for the top seven. It is going to do much more than the three points we lost. “My mentality now is to focus on Sunday and prepare the match as well as possible. We want to be better tomorrow than today. “We have to accept it and try to understand overall the first half of the season we are doing. "It is being fantastic but it could be better with the results we got in the first half today and the opportunity we lost. “We have to accept the result and still being in the same process. We are not contenders. Today you are not asking me if we are contenders to win the title, but two weeks ago my response is the same as now. “We have done fantastic, brilliant in the first part of the season, but we want to keep it and we want more. We have to build a team and to grow up trying to get to another level in every way we have as a coach, players and as a club. I will be demanding doing it. "Every home team needs and plays with an atmosphere. The fans were behind them and they took an opportunity with the first goal to react like they did. We are taking experiences and we have players with experiences. "We did it in Chelsea and Tottenham in the same atmosphere. Today, we didn’t do but it is another experience, sometimes being successful and sometimes not successful. "We have to create and build here our structure and our mentality taking these experiences. Maybe sometimes it could be that players have come here and lost to Man Utd and it is not our way. Today we were playing against Man Utd and we are in front of them, we could have got the position in the top seven teams. "We have to try and believe and play matches like that feeling and targeting it as three points which we have to get. "We have to build a team and to grow up trying to get another level in every way we have as a coach, players and as a club. I will be demanding doing it. "In the process we are in, football is very difficult and today we were analysing with the squad the top ten positions in the Premier League. It is very difficult to keep it. "To be a contender in the top ten and trying to introduce in the top seven and then contender in the day 32 to fight for top five or four, it is amazing, but very difficult. We want to try to increase the level we are doing and being more and more demanding in how we are building the structure.” Unai Emery. “The manager said after the game that it’s a reminder that the level in the Premier League is really high, especially in the top five, six or seven. It’s really tough. “You know that when you come to a place like Manchester United it’s going to be really tough. And when you lead 2-0, you should try and defend that to get a win. “It’s a shame. We have to keep looking forward. We’ve done brilliantly up until now and we have to try to keep going. “It’s not been easy for me, personally. I’ve been trying to work hard in training and waiting for the chance to come, like it did today. “I scored my first goal for Villa today, which was really nice for me, but it would have been nicer if we’d have got a win.” Leander Dendoncker. "I'm not sure if we were too comfortable, but I think we started to play more behind. ”We needed to be more organised and we could have done better. "The manager said after the game that this is a reminder that the level in the Premier League is really high. You know when you come to a place like Manchester United it will be really tough. "When you lead 2-0 you should try to defend that and get a win. It's frustrating. We have been brilliant up until this moment." Clément Lenglet.
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🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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🟥 26 December 2023, Villa 2-3 United, Old Trafford

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