Aston Villa vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Scott McTominay scores dramatic late winner
Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United: McTominay came off the bench as Erik ten Hag’s side closed the gap on the top four with a huge win at Villa Park
Super-sub Scott McTominay scored a late winner as Manchester United continued to inch up the Premier League table with a 2-1 win at Aston Villa.
Erik ten Hag’s United are sixth on 41 points after their third consecutive victory, five points behind fifth-placed Villa who would have climbed to fourth spot with a win.
Rasmus Hojlund scored his fifth goal in five games to put United ahead in the 17th minute, knocking in Harry Maguire’s header from close range through keeper Emi Martinez’s legs.
United keeper Andre Onana produced several huge saves to keep Villa off the scoresheet until Douglas Luiz levelled in the 67th minute. But Scotland’s McTominay came on in the 73rd minute to score the winner in the 86th, leaping to head a superb cross from Diogo Dalot past Martinez.
Relive all the action from Aston Villa vs Manchester United below:
An enviable record for the Red Devils
Villa have quite a task on their hand if they are to complete a second-half turnaround.
That’s because Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 141 English Premier League matches when leading at half-time (W121, D20) dating back to 21st September 2014 against Leicester City when they lost 5-3.
HALF-TIME: Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
Hojlund got his first Premier League goal against Aston Villa on Boxing Day and netted again to give United the lead here today:
Finely poised at the break.
HALF-TIME: Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
McGinn squirms a late chance well wide as the referee brings a close to the first half, here at Villa Park.
It’s Hojlund’s fifth goal in as many games that has given United a slender one-goal lead at the break. It’s all set up for an intriguing 45 minutes after the break.
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
45+4 mins: A blatant foul from Mainoo to stop McGinn’s counterattack results in a yellow for the United midfielder. Lenglet also goes into the book, seemingly for something he said to the referee.
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
45+2 mins: Moreno goes down inside the box after a tangle with Dalot but the referee is unmoved and awards a goal-kick.
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
45 mins: An awful delivery from a free-kick by McGinn somehow ends up in a corner for Villa as Onana fumbles the ball behind. United, though, deal with the threat as we enter the first of four minutes of added time.
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
42 mins: Another corner late on for United in the second half but Maguire, again the target, commits a foul as the cross comes in and gives away a free-kick.
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
37 mins: Casemiro is shown the game’s first yellow card for a bad foul on Cash.
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