Source: Manchester_EveningNews
Aston Villa 1 United 1: Player ratings
Van der Sar: Calm and assured punching and handling gave Reds solid base 7 Rafael: Did the job asked of him to keep Villa's pacey width reasonably quiet 7 Brown: Had a couple of difficult moments with Agbonlahor but largely on top 7 Evans: Another performance of stature from the Irishman 8 Evra: Not often outpointed but Ashley Young gave him a hard time. Recovered his composure 6 Nani: Great cross for goal but then blew it all with his challenge 5 Scholes: The veteran midfielder didn't really get his foot in the midfield door 5 Fletcher: Workhorse again in midfield especially when Reds were down to ten men 7 Carrick: Covered the ground well to keep outnumbered United in the fight 7 Giggs: Put in a hard working shift and his volley set up Reds' goal 7 Rooney: Whenever he got his head down and powered at Villa they were panicking 8 Subs: Valencia (Scholes 45): Powerful half 7 Berbatov (Giggs 74): Hardly in it 5 Unused subs: Neville, Owen, Park, Gibson, Foster Aston Villa: Friedel, L Young, Dunne, Downing, A Young, Milner, Agbonlahor, Delph (Carew 59), Petrov (Sidwell 65), Cuellar, Collins Goals:Aston Villa: Cuellar (19)United: Collins (23 own goal) Bookings:Aston Villa:United: Evans (26) Sent off: Nani (29) Battle of the Bosses:Fergie had to ditch his five-man midfield plan but the Reds still outfought Martin O'Neill's side Referee: Peter Walton - Both sides had moments to question him 6 Attendance: 42,788 Agree with the ratings? Have your say.
