Villa Fall Short As Clinical United Complete League Double
In what was arguably Villa’s most competitive performance against a top side for a number of weeks, this was a tough one to swallow. Having got ourselves level through Douglas Luiz, a number of spurned opportunities would ultimately be rued, with United substitute McTominay scoring a late winner.
VILLA 1-2 MAN UTD
It was United who took the lead, deflating an otherwise positive start to the game. After Villa failed to deal with a Maguire downward header, Hojlund was on hand to score his fifth Premier League goal in five games. The Dane hadn’t remotely threatened to score at all until he broke his duck against Villa on Boxing Day. He hasn’t looked back since. Typical.
If McTominay would be the player to best illustrate a clinical finish, it would stand in contrast to a string of missed goalscoring chances for most of the Villa squad over ninety minutes.
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Watkins had three; unable to fashion a finish from a through ball in the first half, before a close range effort was fired straight at Onana early in the second. A late header also left the United ‘keeper untroubled.
McGinn tested Onana too, firing an effort that was well saved by the maligned goalkeeper in front of the North Stand.
Luiz, who was on hand to level the game, was guilty of a tame effort after a poor clearance in the area. A momentary lack of composure from the normally cool Brazilian saw probably the most clear-cut chance go to waste. E...
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