Manchester United would have closed to six points behind Chelsea in fourth if Aston Villa had been beaten. Instead, after a sluggish opening-half display, they and their visitors engaged in a kind of high-speed ping-pong following which a draw felt the right outcome.
The breathless fare made a fine spectacle but for Ole Gunnar Solskjær the bottom line is that United have won only four of 14 league games this season. So unless Spurs, on Wednesday, Manchester City (Saturday) and Everton (Sunday-week) are beaten then Solskjær will not better the 24 points from 17 matches José Mourinho had accrued before being sacked on 18 December last year.
Written by Jamie Jackson at Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/01/manchester-united-aston-villa-premier-league-match-report under the title “Tyrone Mings’ quickfire response grabs Aston Villa a draw at Manchester United”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
