Manchester United v. Aston Villa MINUTE BY MINUTE

[SharkyMcShark]

Neville is forced to concede a corner as he is caught out by Villa players in the area. The subsequent corner is claimed by Van Der Sar

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Tevez makes a diving attempt to block a clearance... with his face. WHAT A MAN.

 

[Alex]

Great tackle there by Neville as Agbonglahor broke

 

[SharkyMcShark]

GOAL Carew

Manchester United 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Milner crosses to Carew who outleaps a stranded Neville and puts the ball across Van Der Sar into the bottom corner of the net

 

[Alex]

feck, Carew with a goal on good cross

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Carew then proceeds to outfox three of our defenders in the box before we win it back. Villa look up for it.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Villa fans singing loudly.

Nani with a ball from a freekick into the box from the left, Ronaldo with a very very slight touch on it which doesn't affect it's flight path and it ends up with Friedel.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Neville has been moved to right back, with O Shea tucking inside, and to celebrate he gets bamboozled by Ashley Young who shoots straight at Van Der Sar.

 

[Alex]

Ronaldo heads straight at Friedel after a free kick by Nani

 

[Alex]

Poor ball by Carrick goes out for a goal kick, he was looking for Neville

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Another patch of midfield tustling and misplaced balls resulting in goal kicks.

Rio Ferdinand is seen in the crowd talking with Ian Dowie - off to Newcastle in the summer, the club he's always dreamed of playing for?

Evra slung to the ground by Milner - I don't see how he's escaped without a second yellow there.

 

[Alex]

Nani misses the goal by a mile on a long shot from the left side

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Carrick with a shot from slightly off centre to the left and about 25 yards out - ball sails over the bar.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

villa corner after a Milner shot deflects wickedly off Carrick.

Barry takes but it doesn't clear the first man, and ends up back with Barry who runs it out...

but Mike Riley over rules the linesman (who flagged for a free for pulling on Barry) seemingly for prior pulling on Evans.

 

[Alex]

Decent effort by Carrick, but over the goal, could have slid Ronaldo in though which was probably the better option

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ronaldo deflects the ball of Davis for a United Corner. The 45 minutes are up and there is 1 minute added on. The corner comes to nothing after Giggs takes it to O sShea who heads unmarked across goal.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

A low Luke Young cross is claimed low by van Der Sar, and the first half is over

Manchester United 1 - 1 Aston Villa

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Thoughts on the first half co commentator Alex?

 

[Alex]

Well Villa were the better team, but United were showing more as the game went on I believe. Sadly, having Neville at CB cost United the goal.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Villa are dominating us on the flanks - I wouldn't be surprised if it was Park time as some point in this half.

The main thing that concerns me is that I don't see where any spark is going to come off the bench - while I rate Park's attacking contribution higher than most on here, I don't think he'll be able to produce anything extraordinary here. I'm expecting Welbeck and Park at some point this half.

We're about to kick off the second half here, and my cat has joined us for this half and should offer a fresh alternative view.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Tevez sees Friedel about to take a kick from a ball he placed on the ground and absolutely PISSES it towards him, causing Friedel to brick it and fall over kicking the ball.

 

[Alex]

The second half has begun, no changes

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ronaldo goes down clutching something, the replay shows that he and the Villa defender banged knees.

 

[Alex]

Less than inspiring so far from United, but they have had more of the ball early in this half

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Tevez wins a throw right next to the left hand corner flag

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ball is thrown to Ronaldo who is pinged for a high foot as Luke Young stooped to head the ball.

 

[Alex]

Ronaldo is quite angry with the ref after having a call go against him in the box for a high boot

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Tevez wins another throw in the same position. Taken long to Ronaldo's head, and the ball pings around the box a bit before going behind for a goal kick.

 

[Alex]

Fletcher with a half chance that floats wide of goal

Fletcher with another foul he is lucky to still not be in the book imo

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Tevez wins ANOTHER forward throw after a fantastic ball from Giggs. The ball is given to Ronaldo on the left who crosses, which is collected with ease by Friedel.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ashley Young called incorrectly offside, and lucky for us too - he was through on goal, all of our defenders were facing the opposite direction.

 

[Alex]

United have consistently had to play the ball over the top to get the ball to Tevez this afternoon

Agbonglahor scores 2-1 Villa, it was a cross and fairly similar to the 1st goal

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Agbonlahor GOAL.

Carew crosses as neither O Shea or Neville challenge him on the right hand side of the box, and Agbonlahor pulls behind Evra and heads unmarked into the net, and injured himmself in the process.

Manchester United 1 - 2 Aston Villa

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Villa defenders already playing dead after receiving slight knocks, even though there's half an hour left.

Our back is up against it lads - we need to pull something out here.

 

[Alex]

Play is halted as Cuellar has picked up a head injury in a collision with Friedel

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Macheda coming on for Nani


Debut for the promising Italian

 

[Alex]

Macheda is coming on for Nani

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Shorey holding Tevez around the neck and yet the foul is given against Tevez...

 

[Alex]

Tevez whistled for a foul, although it seemed he was the one being held back at the edge of the box

 

[SharkyMcShark]

The latest Villa player needing to spend an excessive amount of time on the ground is Barry, who appears to be openly weeping - although in fairness Tevez gave him the studs on the ankle.