Manchester United king Cristiano Ronaldo also missed this round of the FA Cup and Aston Villa due to physical factors, but Lonnick's team finally won the game without any danger. Looking at the whole game, in fact, Manchester United can only be regarded as a small advantage, in addition to the opening by McTominay scored a goal, the team did not have any good way to break the goal, but the opponent Aston Villa's several attacks are very tense, I have to say that this Villa although the core of the season Graley left, but after the arrival of Gerrard the team changed very much.
Pre-match status
Aston Villa also had some small tidbits before the game, Manchester United's loan player Tuanzebe did not have the opportunity to play after Gerrard arrived this season, so he also chose to join the Serie A giants Napoli on loan to train, for which Tuanzebe's brother also openly attacked Gerrard: He just does not want to train players for Manchester United! Coinciding with the encounter with Manchester United in this game, it is also a blessing in the game between the two sides.
And Manchester United's side of the game Lonnick is finally no longer superstitious about his 4-2-2-2 lineup, instead of 4-2-3-1 he rowed Cavani as the only fulcrum in the front, the next three are Rashford, B Fee and Greenwood, and the double back is a combination of McTominay and Fred, the four defenders are lined up from left to right, luke Shaw, Varane, Lindelof and Dalot.
Race conditions
United's possession rate has always been above 50%, but according to the post-match data, their possession rate has only reached 54%, which is already the lowest possession rate they have won the game! The 16 shots on goal compared to Villa's 12 are also not so advantageous, but manchester United's 9 feet on the right side are slightly superior to the 4 feet on the opposite side, which is also the epitome of this game, and it is not easy for United to win.
United still had a firm grip on the rhythm of the game, and their two consecutive tackles were unsuccessful, but in the 8th minute they got a windfall, Fred's cross from the right found McTominay lurking in the box, who jumped high to force the Villa defenders to push the ball into the opponent's door, martinez was powerless in the face of such a close header, the score became 1-0.
Then Villa was not discouraged, immediately organized a counterattack, in the 10th minute Lindelof faced the opponent's corner kick not far away and almost gave the ball to the opponent Watkins! It can be said that the level of Manchester United's backline is indeed not enough, and this low-level clearance can happen enough to explain the problem.
And then the two sides played a big game, the scene seemed very energetic, and the Manchester United hero Sir Alex Ferguson sitting on the sidelines also showed a smile. McKinn first knocked on the mountain outside the penalty area to give De Gea a dismount, and then directly was single-handedly supported by De Gea; Greenwood then responded with a brilliant shot from the right after two consecutive passes. However, the most threatening thing was that in the 29th minute, Watkins's backcourt cut off Lindelof's ball and ran all the way to the back of the goal and then hit the crossbar directly, which surprised the United fans in a cold sweat.
Villa's attack at the start of the second half became more and more ferocious, and sure enough, their goal was coming! In the 50th minute, Villa sent a set-piece at the back, then centre-back Consa got the ball and sailed into the box, where Danny Ins's header hit the ball straight in! However, the ball was blown off by the Villa player for fouling in the penalty area and was cancelled. However, they scored another goal nine minutes later, this time again on the counter-attack when Danny Ans's pass was offside and then Watkins scored in front of goal. It can be said that these two goals did not score a very big morale blow to Villa, and then Manchester United kept the score to the end, advancing to the next round of the FA Cup with a score of 1-0.
After the game
Villa coach Gerrard, who was interviewed after the game, also generously said that he would accept the referee's decision and that they would concentrate on the next part of the league. And Lonnick's side is also a criticism of the poor performance of the striker Rashford, in the game he once had a lot of opportunities, but at present he is very loose attitude, this former star of hope, prince really because of off-field reasons have fallen?
And Lonnick is also a 1-0 tactical master Ah, it seems that his current victories have 4 games are 1-0 small wins, it seems that as long as he can win is a good thing, this is his philosophy, but see here Mourinho is going to cry in the toilet, after the thousand ancient wrongs Moyes and then a thousand ancient wrongs Mourinho?