FOOTBALL Live

Saturday October 20, 2007 Finished Villa Park

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Aston Villa

  • Agbonlahor 12’

Manchester United

  • Rooney 36’, 44’
  • Gardner 45’ (o.g.)
  • Giggs 75’
  1. United roar back to tame Villa

    United roar back to tame Villa

    Manchester United came from behind to record a comfortable 4-1 victory away to Aston Villa, who ended the game with nine men. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Manchester United
    • 90+3' All over! Manchester United go second in the table after scoring four times for the second consecutive game. It was easy in the end, but Villa may count themselves unlucky to go down by that scoreline.
    • 90+2' Ronaldo!! Tests Taylor with two powerful shots but the keeper is equal to both.
    • 89' Nani is booked for a trip on Agbonlahor. Silly foul.
    • 87' The 'Ole's ring out around a half-empty Villa Park from the away fans. A thoroughly dispiriting evening for the home side.
    • 82' This game is virtually dead. Villa have neither the numbers nor the manpower to get back into this, while United are happy to idle through the remaining minutes.
    • 77' A double change from United, who give Cristiano Ronaldo a cameo appearance. He and John O'Shea are on for Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.
    • 75' GOAL!! It's four for United!! Ryan Giggs weaves in from the right side of the box and takes a left-foot shot that deflects of two defenders and gives Stuart Taylor no chance.
    • 72' Now Taylor denies Carlos Tevez! He jinks past his man and shoots left-footed but the keeper makes himself big to deny the Argentinian!
    • 70' Rooney hits the bar!! Now the woodwork gets in the way of the striker's bid to claim himself a match ball!
    • 68' SAVED!! It is a weak penalty from Rooney, and Taylor dives to his right to deny Rooney a hat-trick!
    • 67' Stuart Taylor comes off the bench for Zat Knight and he is the one who will face a Wayne Rooney penalty.
    • 66' PENALTY!! Scott Carson upends Carlos Tevez as he races through on goal, and it is both a spot-kick and another red card. Disaster for Villa!
    • 63' Villa look totally demoralised. Two goals and a man down having started so promisingly.
    • 60' Red card! Villa down to 10! Nigel Reo-Coker with a late challenge on Anderson and that is a second yellow card. It's not like he was spoiling the game, but it was a silly tackle for a player on a booking.
    • 57' Nani plays a perfectly-weighted low cross from the right for Tevez, whose first-time cross is blocked.
    • 55' Barry releases Agbonlahor who takes the ball round the onrushing Van der Sar but sees his shot cleared off the line by Pique! Could he have had a penalty if he had gone down under Van der Sar's challenge?
    • 54' A double change from Martin O'Neill has he replaces Luke Moore and Craig Gardner with Shaun Maloney and Isiah Osbourne.
    • 52' Nigel Reo-Coker is booked for a frustrated challenge on Carlos Tevez.
    • 50' The visitors are really starting to enjoy themselves now, with the ball being pinged around in the final third, although the lack of a genuine front man means they too often go for a trick or a pass too many.
    • 47' United are immediately on the front foot, with Nani played into space on the right side of the box. His cross is cut out.
    • 46' We're back under way at Villa Park and the home team have it all to do.
    • 45+3' Half-time, and Villa have imploded! Three goals in 10 minutes have put the visitors firmly in control, and some of that defending from the home side was appalling.
    • 45+1' GOAL!!! ANOTHER!! Pique's header from the corner is cleared off the line and Ferdinand helps the rebound goalwards. Gardner is there on the line but succeeds onlt in slicing the ball in off his own bar. Comical.
    • 44' GOAL!! United in front from nowhere!! Tevez dribbles inside from the left and finds Rooney with the outside of his boot. Rooney controls and finishes low past Carson. Great goal.
    • 42' Agbonlahor looks to have been tripped in the box there, but referee Styles waves the appeals away. That will be worth another look. Well, he got his foot tangled in Rio Ferdinand's but it was not a foul.
    • 39' Martin O'Neill is gesticulating furiously at the match officials with Ashley Young having gone down to the turf. Eventually play is stopped.
    • 36' GOAL!! United level through Wayne Rooney and that is such a soft goal! Nani plays a low ball across the face of goal and for some reason Zat Knight decides to leave it - Rooney pounces at the far post, tapping in from a couple of yards.
    • 33' Olof Mellberg gets a half chance but his shot is scuffed. United really missing Nemanja Vidic today - the Serbian went off concussed against Wigan.
    • 30' Long ball over the top for Rooney, who attempts a difficult volley and ends up taking an air shot.
    • 27' So close Carlos Tevez! Phenomenal interplay from Scholes, Rooney and Tevez to play in the barrel-chested forward, but Carson is out well to block his shot!
    • 26' Paul Scholes lets rip from 25 yards out but that is always rising over the top.
    • 25' Nani finds Carlos Tevez after a fine jinking run but the Argentinian just cannot find the room to get his shot away.
    • 22' Luke Moore cuts inside from the left and fires low into the side netting. He says it took a deflection but referee Rob Styles disagrees.
    • 20' Wes Brown looks shaky in the centre of defence. He is playing there instead of Nemanja Vidic, who has concussion, having been at right-back so far this season. He is struggling.
    • 16' Villa are all over the visitors, who have just seen a record of six straight clean sheets go west. Ashley Young slices a shot just over.
    • 12' GOAL!!! Villa in front through Gabriel Agbonlahor!! Ashley Young has time and space to cross from the left and his fellow winger comes inside to glance close-range header past Van der Sar!
    • 11' A chance for Barry after Bouma finds him with a ball in from the left, but the England midfielder miscues and it is easy for United again. The visitors, incidentally, are clad in black.
    • 8' Villa win a free-kick on the left side of the box after an infringement by Anderson and three of the big defenders - Laursen, Knight and Mellberg - are forward. But the free-kick comes to nothing.
    • 5' Rooney flicks it up for Giggs to volley, but it strikes a Villa man and ricochets to safety.
    • 4' Free-kick for United in the Villa box following a deliberate backpass. Danger here. Indirect of course...
    • 1' Game on at Villa Park! The news here is that there is no Cristiano Ronaldo for Manchester United! The Portuguese winger has been left on the bench after two games for Portugal. However, United still have Giggs, Scholes, Anderson, Nani, Tevez and Rooney.

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Manchester United
    30% Possession 69%
    14 Shots 23
    4 Shots on target 13
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 9
    9 Fouls 9
    3 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 2
    2 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 24
    190 Accurate passes 509
    40 Bad passes 65

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 4 4
      26 Craig Gardner 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 1
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 5
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 0 1
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 1 7
      6 Gareth Barry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 8 4
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 12 5 2
      8 Luke Moore 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 12 1 2
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 1 3 2 2 4 1 0 26 3 3
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 1
      27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 2 2
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50 1 4
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 49 15 2
      5 Rio Ferdinand 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 41 1 3
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 62 9 1
      18 Paul Scholes 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 78 9 4
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 33 4 3
      19 Gerard Pique 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 33 3 2
      11 Ryan Giggs 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 28 10 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 2 7 4 1 0 0 0 42 4 2
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 4 2 0 3 0 1 52 6 1
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 0
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Danny Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' Ronaldo!! Tests Taylor with two powerful shots but the keeper is equal to both.
    • 75' GOAL!! It's four for United!! Ryan Giggs weaves in from the right side of the box and takes a left-foot shot that deflects of two defenders and gives Stuart Taylor no chance.
    • 72' Now Taylor denies Carlos Tevez! He jinks past his man and shoots left-footed but the keeper makes himself big to deny the Argentinian!
    • 70' Rooney hits the bar!! Now the woodwork gets in the way of the striker's bid to claim himself a match ball!
    • 66' PENALTY!! Scott Carson upends Carlos Tevez as he races through on goal, and it is both a spot-kick and another red card. Disaster for Villa!
    • 60' Red card! Villa down to 10! Nigel Reo-Coker with a late challenge on Anderson and that is a second yellow card. It's not like he was spoiling the game, but it was a silly tackle for a player on a booking.
    • 55' Barry releases Agbonlahor who takes the ball round the onrushing Van der Sar but sees his shot cleared off the line by Pique! Could he have had a penalty if he had gone down under Van der Sar's challenge?
    • 45+1' GOAL!!! ANOTHER!! Pique's header from the corner is cleared off the line and Ferdinand helps the rebound goalwards. Gardner is there on the line but succeeds onlt in slicing the ball in off his own bar. Comical.
    • 44' GOAL!! United in front from nowhere!! Tevez dribbles inside from the left and finds Rooney with the outside of his boot. Rooney controls and finishes low past Carson. Great goal.
    • 42' Agbonlahor looks to have been tripped in the box there, but referee Styles waves the appeals away. That will be worth another look. Well, he got his foot tangled in Rio Ferdinand's but it was not a foul.
    • 36' GOAL!! United level through Wayne Rooney and that is such a soft goal! Nani plays a low ball across the face of goal and for some reason Zat Knight decides to leave it - Rooney pounces at the far post, tapping in from a couple of yards.
    • 27' So close Carlos Tevez! Phenomenal interplay from Scholes, Rooney and Tevez to play in the barrel-chested forward, but Carson is out well to block his shot!
    • 22' Luke Moore cuts inside from the left and fires low into the side netting. He says it took a deflection but referee Rob Styles disagrees.
    • 12' GOAL!!! Villa in front through Gabriel Agbonlahor!! Ashley Young has time and space to cross from the left and his fellow winger comes inside to glance close-range header past Van der Sar!
    • 5' Rooney flicks it up for Giggs to volley, but it strikes a Villa man and ricochets to safety.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Mellberg
    • Knight
    • Laursen
    • Bouma
    • Reo-Coker
    • Barry
    • Gardner
    • Agbonlahor
    • Young
    • Moore

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • Petrov
    • Maloney
    • Davies
    • Osbourne

    Injured

    • Carew
    • Berger

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    On the Field

    • van der Sar
    • Simpson
    • Ferdinand
    • Vidic
    • Evra
    • Scholes
    • Giggs
    • Anderson
    • Nani
    • Tevez
    • Rooney

    Subs

    • O'Shea
    • Kuszczak
    • Fletcher
    • Ronaldo

    Injured

    • Hargreaves
    • Carrick
    • Silvestre
    • Saha
    • Park
    • Foster

    Suspended

    None