Manchester United Defeated 1-3 By Aston Villa

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JAKARTA - Manchester United lost at home to Aston Villa with a score of 1-3 in the English Premier League continued at Villa Park on Sunday, November 6 night.

Cristiano Ronaldo led Manchester United in this match. However, Villa scored two quick goals through Leon Baily and Lucas Digne.

MU was only able to thin out the gap after Luke Shaw's shot turned toward the goal because it hit Jacob Ramsey. He corrected his mistake by scoring Villa's third goal in the 49th minute.

The defeat at Villa's headquarters made MU stuck in fifth place with 23 points. Meanwhile, Villa rose to 14th by collecting 15 points.

As quoted from Antara, Villa immediately took control at the beginning of the match. They seemed comfortable holding the ball because United did not apply aggressive pressure.

Villa can score a quick goal in the 7th minute. Jacob Ramsey gave the ball to Leon Bailey, who stabbed into Bailey's area before firing into the left corner of the United goal. The score became 1-0.

The home team managed to double the advantage to 2-0 in the 11th minute. Lucas Digne's free kick near the penalty box failed to be blocked by David de Gea.

Behind two goals, MU increased the intensity of the game. Meanwhile, Villa several times tried to lower the tempo. They play a lot of ball in their own area.

MU had two golden opportunities in the middle of the first half. Alejandro Garnacho who has space on the left side of the penalty box opened fire, but his efforts could still be held by Emiliano Martinez.

Moments later Martinez made another save when he stopped Cristiano Ronaldo's header.

MU could attenuate the lag at the end of the first half. Luke Shaw's long-range shot veered off course after hitting Ramsey, which left Martinez out of the way.

The first half ended with the score 2-1 in favor of Aston Villa.

Villa immediately added their goals when the second half walked four minutes. Ollie Watkins moved from the left, he then released a pull bait that could be grabbed by Ramsey. MU trailing 1-3.

After that goal, MU appeared dominant and tried to minimize the gap.

Substitute Anthony Elanga tried to threaten with a header. However, Martinez quickly flew out of his nest closing the ball.

Villa are more focused on defending to secure the advantage. They appear disciplined to make MU really frustrated.

Until the match ended, Villa could maintain the score and win 3-1 over MU.

Lineup:

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): David De Gea; Diogo Dalot, Victor Lindelof, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw (Tyrell Malacia 65'); Casemiro, Christian Eriksen; Marcus Rashford, Donny Van De Beek (Anthony Martial 65'), Alejandro Garnacho (Anthony Elanga 65'); Cristiano Ronaldo.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martinez; Lucas Digne (Ashley Young 79'), Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, Matt Cash; Douglas Luiz, Leander Dendoncker (Morgan Sanson 88'); Leon Bailey (John McGinn 70'), Emiliano Buendia (Danny Ings 79'), Jacob Ramsey; Ollie Watkins (Boubacar Kamara 75').