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86 mins: Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester United That defeat meant United have now failed to score in four straight games for the first since autumn 1992 and Erik ten Hags side have the challenge of playing Aston Villa next. Villa are flying high this season, and head into the game comfortably in the Top Four. Despite impressive wins against Manchester City, Arsenal and Brentford, they could only salvage a draw against Sheffield United in their last fixture. Aston Villa Man Utd: 2 Oct v Everton (H)Aston Villa: 3 Oct v Spurs (A) When he came on to make his Villa debut and mark his return to the Premier League on 68 minutes, Manchester United had view website just taken a two-goal lead. He had been warming up for a while and we were anticipating a big entrance. Yet by the time he got on the pitch, Bruno Fernandes had just driven in United’s second, was celebrating manically in the corner and the big entrance felt more a like a little whimper, a footnote perhaps.