Aston Villa vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Manchester United in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Rashford scoops in a cross for Elanga but Young is back and in the right place to whack it away at the first time of asking as Manchester United begin to camp just outside of the Aston Villa penalty area.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
With just under 15 minutes left in the match, the hosts look confident and comfortable. United have attacked sparingly, forcing Emiliano Martinez into just three saves in the match - one in the second half. They still have time to steal a point but they'll have to turn up the intensity and move the ball quicker.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Substitution Emiliano Buendía Stati Daniel William John Ings
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Substitution Oliver George Arthur Watkins Boubacar Bernard Kamara
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Luiz is furious as is the home support with the midfielder’s cleverly threaded pass out to Ramsey from the centre-circle hitting the referee which stops play. Aston Villa looked to be on the counter-attack but they’ll be forced to restart play from a free-kick, which allows Manchester United to reorganise.
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