Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United

 
                                                                                           Young (pen) 72       Macheda 81

                                                                                              Albrighton 76       Vidic 85

 

Four goals in thirteen late minutes saw Manchester United fall two goals behind yet comeback to grab a point in a stunning finish.

 

United remain unbeaten, but only just, and have now drawn more EPL games than they have won.

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And they were inches from defeat at Villa Park, as the hosts went two-up with fourteen minutes left, having twice struck the woodwork.

 

United’s Dimitar Berbatov had the best chance of a mundane first-half, his 17th minute left-foot shot flying wide.

 

But Aston Villa were a constant threat after the break…on the break. Marc Albrighton headed badly wide from Stuart Downing’s left-wing cross on 54 minutes.

 

James Collins smacked a header against the post from the same source 13 minutes later. And moments after, Gabriel Agbonlahor’s right-foot shot hit the post.

 

Villa finally broke the deadlock with Ashley Young’s emphatic 72nd-minute penalty after Young himself was bundled over by Wes Brown.

 

And Albrighton finished off a wonderful pitch-length break, side-footing home from close range four minutes later.

 

United’s comeback began on 81 minutes with substitute Federico Macheda’s 20-yard piledriver from Darren Fletcher’s backheel.

 

And they equalised four minutes later, Nemanja Vidic stooping to head home Nani’s far-post cross from the left.

 




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