What a disaster for Manchester United. An unexpected loss to Aston Villa at Theatre of Dreams, a bunch of failed chances, injuries to Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw and a missed penalty by Bruno Fernandes in stoppage time! Aston Villa is by no means a bad team, on the contrary, but still, with such a firepower (Ronaldo, Cavani, Greenwood, Lingard, Martial, Sancho), the Red Devils had only four shots on target and missed them all, giving the Villians their third clean sheet this season (Newcastle and Everton were the other two). Too little for a Premier League contender and the pressure is building for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, as he will be seen as the weakest link in this team.2016 – Manchester United mustered a total of 28 shots without scoring, last attempting more in a home Premier League game without finding the back of the net in October 2016 against Burnley (38 shots in a goalless draw). Misfiring. pic.twitter.com/v6cLoawJv5— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 25, 2021 This game was one of those in which, unfortunately only one goal was scored, but it should have been 4-3 or 3-2, considering the amount of chances from both teams. An attractive, high-paced game with plenty of excitement in front of both goal eventually ended with an away win, when a reservist Kortney House scored a header from a corner kick in the 88th minute. The same player nearly handed Manchester their lifeline draw when his handball was judged as a penalty, but Bruno Fernandes missed the whole goal in injury time to make things worse.
Quite surprisingly, the first half ended 0-0, but in reality it should have been at least 1-2 or 2-2. It was an entertaining display from both teams and players like Pogba, Greenwood, Konsa, Watkins and Target should have scored. Villa had better chances as Target missed the whole goal from 3 meters, and the biggest blunder came from De Hea, who passed the ball straight at Watkins. England international was so surprised that he failed to score. The second half was a bit less exciting, but still, goals could have been scored by both sides. As the 90th minute was looming, it looked that the game will end in a 0-0 stalemate, until House scored the winner. And Bruno Fernandes got his chance to save the day, but the Portuguese disappointed big time.
PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 6SaturdayChelsea – Man.City 0-1 (0-0)/Jesus 53/Man.Utd. – Aston Villa 0-1 (0-0)/House 88/17.00: (2.35) Watford (3.30) Newcastle (3.35)17.00: (3.10) Leeds (3.50) West Ham (2.40)17.00: (1.70) Everton (3.80) Norwich (5.70)17.00: (1.65) Leicester (3.80) Burnley (6.25)19.30: (7.50) Brentford (4.40) Liverpool (1.50)Sunday16.00: (2.75) Southampton (3.10) Wolverhampton (2.95)18.30: (2.45) Arsenal (3.30) Tottenham (3.15)