Villa suffer once again with officials at Old Trafford as Danny Ings' equalising goal is referred to VAR for a non-existent offside only to be disallowed after a number of minutes for a 'block' occurring away from the play on the edge of the area with the players in question offering no interference. Few view it as coincidence.

Jacob Ramsey makes his 46th appearance in a Villa shirt aged 20 and has now made more starts (23) than substitute appearances (22) for the first time in his Villa career to make it W19 D5 L22, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 15th start in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W6 D2 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. 

Danny Ings makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W5 D1 L9, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Matt Targett makes the last of his 88 appearances for the club since joining in Dean Smith’s Premier League revolution of Summer 2019. Targett would move to Newcastle United on loan before making his move permanent in return for £15.75m in June 2022 in the first of many curious decisions by Steven Gerrard. Targett leaves with a record of W32 D15 L42, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings.

Anwar El Ghazi makes his 119th and final appearance for the club (88 Starts) having scored 26 goals, including the strike that sent Villa on the way back to the Premier League. Despite 42 goal involvements over his time with the club El Ghazi was deemed surplus to requirements by the baffling Gerrard, leaving the club with a record of W42 D27 L50, 26 Goals, 16 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Morgan Sanson makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt since arriving in January 2021 and only his 5th start to make it W3 D5 L8, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.