Manchester United have not won in the Premier League since September 14, and a success at Southampton (0-3). This unsuccessful series continued this Sunday with a trip to Aston Villa, as part of the 7th day, which ended with a score of (0-0). Despite everything, this is a rather encouraging result for United, given the ranking of the Villans (fifth), who remained on a prestigious victory at Villa Park against Bayern last Wednesday (0-1), while the Red Devils , the next day, won a miraculous draw in Porto (3-3).
Precisely, this Sunday, the two teams gave the impression of physically paying for the efforts made during their recent European outings, during an unspectacular meeting, even if it became lively in the second half. This presumed fatigue could explain the exits due to muscular injuries of Ezri Konsa on the Villa side (12th) and Harry Maguire at half-time for MU, the numerous technical errors on both sides, as well as the lack of consistency demonstrated in the offensive phase by the two teams, who ultimately had relatively few shots on target, despite numerous attempts (1/11 for the Villans, 4/10 for the Red Devils).
Fernandes found the bar
Despite everything, Marcus Rashford forced Emiliano Martinez to make good saves (5th and 49th), as did Alejandro Garnacho (39th) and Antony (77th), while Bruno Fernandes hit a delicious free kick, which was repelled by the bar (68th). While the Birmingham team made André Onana shine through Youri Tielemans (56th), while Morgan Rogers (8th and 90 + 6th), Jaden Philogene (20th), Matty Cash (51st) and Ollie Watkins (57th) shot wide… We will see in the days to come if this draw will allow Erik Ten Hag, the manager of MU, much criticized in recent weeks, to keep his position, considering that his club remains 14th in the Premier League.
At the same time, Chelsea suffered at home against Nottingham Forest (1-1), who opened the scoring with a nice combination, namely a free kick from James Ward-Prowse, headed by Nikola Milenkovic, before that Chris Wood scores from the right, from close range (0-1, 49th). The Blues equalized on a personal feat from Noni Madueke: well shifted to the left by Cole Palmer, the young international crossed into the axis and fired a beautiful curling shot from the left into the side net (1-1, 57th). Note that Matz Sels, the Belgian goalkeeper, achieved several exploits on his line during this match and that Chelsea retained their fourth place at the end of it.
