Manchester United v Aston Villa 3-1
FA Barclays Premiership
Review
United started the game very well, and after only 9 minutes the score was 1-0 after a good run and goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, who did his best match of the season, and therefore also was chosen the Man of the Match, not only by me.
We started the second half pretty bad, if it was because of Fletcher being injured and substituted for Quinton Fortune (not that Fortune played bad or anything) I'm not sure, but something seemed wrong. In the 53rd minute Gareth Barry scored 1-1, which was United's first goal to let in, in about 8 games.
But United came back as they allways do, and Lois Saha could score his first Premiership goal of the season after a great preparation by Wayne Rooney. Not long at all after the 2-1-goal, Scholes headed in 3-1 on rebound by Sorensen after Ronaldo's too hard shot.
To sum up, a fair win for United, who got to spend the night at second place, ahead of Arsenal, in the first time this season. Unfortunately the Gunners won today against Newcastle, so we are back at third place. However, I think we'll be back at the second place soon, because he have been playing much better than Arsenal for a long time and we are in a great form. It will be even better when our beloved Ruud van Nistelrooy is back!
One more thing, anyone who saw this game must have noticed how Villa's Nolberto Solano pressed his hand up in Silvestre's face, in the almost exact way that Rooney did (if not worse), which got him a 3 match suspension. When Rooney got that suspension I said that it was just because of the fact that it was he who had done it. So it will be interesting to see if Solano will face the same destiny as Roon. It would be a complete scandal otherwise.
To be honest, a 3 game suspension is too much for this, but since Rooney got it than Solano should too.
This how it was (note: Silvestre was facing straight forward before Solano's hand 'appeared')
