The Red Devils defeated Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup
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This Monday, Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United returned to victory after defeating Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa 1-0 at Old Trafford. An intense game, in which United got the advantage early, and then while you were looking to increase the score, it was achieved with a visiting team that did not lower their arms and put goalkeeper David De Gea to work.
A goal by Scott McTominay in the first eight minutes of the game after a cross from Fred, led to the victory of the Red Devils. A corner of the Brazilian found the head of the Scotsman, which was impossible for him to stop the ‘Draw’ Martínez. In the second half the villains tried to find a draw, but the Spanish goalkeeper avoided them on more than one occasion.
Coach Rangnick did not summon Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo for this game and had Uruguayan Edinson Cavani for the attack front. The Portuguese attacker had muscle problems in the run-up to the match and the German preferred to save CR7, so that he could return during United’s next matches in the Premier League.
After qualifying, Manchester United will face Middlesbrough as their next FA Cup rival during the fourth round of the competition. Before that, United will have to visit Aston Villa again at Villa Park, as well as Brentford and then host West Ham before the return of the cup.
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