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 looks to spring an attack down the right, beating Buendia but failing to cut inside ahead of Dendoncker, who steals possession and ends the move just inside Aston Villa’s half.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Eriksen’s corner from the right is hit in search of Dalot but Mings towers above the full-back and wins the duel to clear the danger.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Garnacho gets into the penalty area on the left ahead of Cash but his low, skipped cross into the penalty area is gathered up at the near post by Emiliano Martinez.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Cash hits a speculative shot from well outside the penalty area after a throw-in on the left filters all the way to the opposite flank. It’s worth a hit but he fails to test the goalkeeper, who can collect for a goal-kick.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Bailey squares a pass to the edge of the 18-yard box where three team-mates queue up unmarked but it’s Buendia who receives the service before taking a touch and firing an off-target hit that fails to trouble De Gea.1
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Rashford lifts a pass forward for Van De Beek but he’s unable to control the delivery at the byline, instead putting it out for an Aston Villa throw-in to prevent the goal-kick.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United
Manchester United haven't really ventured forward at all in the opening 10 minutes, keeping the ball coolly in midfield for the majority of the match so far. They'll now have to change tactics and open up if they want to equalise quickly and find Ronaldo with the early pass.
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